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Miami in 1978 representing Hispanic Youth. During my college years, I fell in love with advertising graphics, designing, business administration, in reality with anything I could get my hands on to grow my overall knowledge. My teachers and instructors were some of my best friends. It was four hard years. l finally graduated from Cal State University with a BA in Art and a minor in Business Administration. I got married that same year, 1978 and had six beautiful children. Three sons and three daughters. After a few years of struggling, my oldest son Erik, became an engineer for Boeing in St. Louis, MO. After improving the helmet mounted system for the F-16 and F 17 fighter jets, about 10 years ago, he was named the best Hispanic Engineer in the entire United States. I couldn ’ t make it to his celebration graduation, I had my mom lying in a hospital bed. She passed away that same year. My other kids followed suit in their own professional fields. My long Journey back home started when my kids became full adults with their respective diplomas under their belts. I could breathe a little easier and look forward to returning home to Costa Rica. The first time I came back, after 11 years, in my mind, I expected to find my country in a frozen state, exactly like I left it. It was like trying to regain where I had left off, but boy did I get a big surprise. My friends were now all adults, mostly married, and some were professionals and I even found my first “Tica” girlfriend, a beautiful brunette from the “city of the flowers”, Heredia. After having
meet people from all over the world in a great hobby job as a real estate broker specializing in the Tilar á n and Arenal Lake area. I love people and I enjoy finding just the right property for people who want to live and enjoy their own paradise in Costa Rica. Pura Vida
worked literally for over 40 years, six years ago, I took the Long Road Back Home. I thank God for this second opportunity...to live and love life in my homeland as it was meant to be. I now have more time for myself, my career and other enjoyable endeavours, plus I get to
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