Colombia to Boston: An Immigrant's Path | Nathalia Benitez-Perez | The Reality Gap Pod

Описание: She moved 6 times across 4 countries before she was 20. Then the 2008 financial crisis took everything. "Law school" wasn't a dream — it was a container for survival.

Nathalia Benitez-Perez is the Director of the Mayor's Office of Civic Organizing for the City of Boston. In this clip from Episode 12 of The Reality Gap Pod, she traces the journey from Colombia to Spain to Boston and how a childhood of instability shaped every career decision that followed.

Guest: Nathalia Benitez-Perez
Director, Mayor's Office of Civic Organizing, City of Boston
MBA Candidate, BU Questrom School of Business

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 "You're not behind, you're building stamina"
0:17 Meet the hosts
0:37 Who is Nathalia Benitez-Perez?
1:37 Colombia to Spain to New York to Boston
2:56 "The third Obama administration, right?"
3:11 Why she chose Boston over Miami
3:52 Her brother helped her navigate college — then left for San Diego
4:48 UMass Boston, finding roommates in East Boston
5:36 "I had a fantastic education there"
5:55 The law school plan
6:18 Wanting to be a lawyer since age 12
6:29 The 2008 financial crisis changed everything
7:08 "It wasn't a dream, it was a container"
7:43 Being 11 in 2008 and not processing it until adulthood

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