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NameSebastian
Gendermale
Country of OriginArgentina
Destination CountryGuatemala
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Sebastian was 15 when he arrived with his family in Guatemala. They migrated after the Argentinian economic crisis, looking for a better future. Now, at 31 years old, he works as a project assistant with the vision of helping children that are migrating. Just like he once did. In 1999, with the worst economic crisis in Argentina, my mother and father decided to migrate to Guatemala after my father found a job opportunity. Guatemala welcomed us well, its a lovely country. But there was a bad period when we had to live in hotels for long stretches and there were critical days where we almost had to sleep in the street. We didnt have to do that thanks to the help of an Argentinian-Guatemalan womens association, reflects Sebastian. Every beginning is hard and ours was no exception, he continues. The challenges that his family faced were beaten with creativity, and by looking back at their Argentinian roots: We had to find means to survive so we took the decision to do it through our culture. Thats how, by selling empanadas, we started developing a business in Antigua Guatemala, where we lived. Guatemala welcomed him, helped his familys business thrive: I was able to study, something that would have been very difficult to do in my home country, said Sebastian. Now he has his own family in Guatemala, with a daughter. His experiences as a teenager provided him with a different vision of the world that has come in handy in his work, as he knows first-hand the challenges that children face when they migrate: Thats why I am very happy to be working for children migrating around Central America.

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