Back then, we had no other church but Catholic, and also the Catholic Church was in charge of the education of children, and, still, they have the best education in the country. They are very good educators. I did elementary, then high school, then I went to university, and I got a degree in international business. Then I was a professor at the economic faculty at the same university for a year and half. After graduation, I did my internship with the World Bank and I was promised a job in Washington, but a nun took my place, because they protested that they had no nuns and that that was discrimination. I was heartbroken. I had worked for the Spanish embassy back then, and as a Colombian I didn’t need a visa. So, I went to Spain, almost with a revelation, thinking that I could get the history of who I really was, who I came from. I wanted to find out why I was the way I was. I understood that my mother had this French and Spanish side, and I thought that I had a lot of Spanish in me. I was going to look for my roots and understand my own self. Because I was working with the Spanish embassy, it was easier for me, as I was heartbroken not to be able to come to DC.
Sometimes I am disappointed, I wish I had a millionaire husband, sometimes. I know for myself deep inside, I want to have my own income, I want to have my own career. It’s been hard for me because from being independent, and having my own salary, to being the breadwinner is a difference. I didn’t really mean to be the main source of income in my house. I have been for a while. But still, I’d rather be that than just wait to ask for some money for my own expenses. I think that women should have their own careers and their own income, and the couple should both contribute and come together and help each other and support each other financially. I think it’s a more healthy relationship and a more real relationship if both help. There are different circumstances. If one of them is sick, it’s different. But under normal circumstances, I think women should have an income for their own sake, for their own self, pride (in the good sense), and feeling better. Not only for that, but just in case too. You never know. If your husband, God-forbid, ends up in a wheelchair, you want to be able to resolve the situation. We don’t believe in divorcing because somebody’s sick.