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Women who inspire us in a time marked by death and fear

2021-03-06T03:43:35.316Z


In the framework of International Women's Day, we gathered some stories of women that inspire us and that we have told on CNN. Get to know them.


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 They make their way as undocumented immigrants in the United States.

They don't let a disability stop them from pursuing dreams as diverse as being a dancer or studying at Harvard.

They come up with creative solutions so their students don't miss out on classes.

As part of International Women's Day, we present to you some of the inspiring stories of women that we have told on CNN over the last year.

He came from Colombia to the US without knowing English and took NASA's Perseverance to Mars

Diana Trujillo came to the United States at the age of 17.

He did not know English and had US $ 300 in his pocket.

His goal was not to starve.

Today she is a key member of the team that brought the Perseverance rover to Mars.

Read his story here.

She was born without arms, but that didn't stop her from being a dancer

Girl who was born without arms pursues her dream as a dancer 1:43

At the age of five, Vitória Bueno began her path in ballet in a town in Brazil.

"We are much bigger than our disabilities, so we have to pursue our dreams," says the young woman, who has not let the lack of arms get in the way of her dream.

Check out his story here.

He decided that his students could not be without classes because of the pandemic.

And it got going

Neither the cold, heat or the pandemic stopped the vocation of this teacher 3:25

Nallely Esparza Flores is a special education teacher in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Determined not to let her students run out of classes, she devised this creative solution to reach them.

They attacked her with "devil's acid."

Now she inspires on Instagram women who, like her, have tried to cripple their hope

Woman disfigured with acid inspires thousands 3:20

When Esther Jiménez was 25 years old, she was attacked with a corrosive liquid.

The third degree burns to her body, and the 27 surgeries she had to undergo, did not stop her.

A decade later, this Dominican is an 'influencer' who inspires and gives hope to women through her social networks.

Learn about their history here.

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Milagros, a young blind woman admitted to Harvard who inspires Uruguay

Meet the young blind Uruguayan admitted to Harvard 1:55

She was born with less than 25 weeks of gestation, weighing just 740 grams.

He was in intensive care for three months and survived.

They called her "Miracles."

Milagros Costabel is blind and throughout her life she has overcome all the difficulties that she faced.

Now Harvard has admitted her to study at no cost.

Read his story here.

Pedal in the rain after caring for covid-19 patients

Not even the rain could stop this nurse 2:56

Mary Luz Salazar does not let the rain prevent her from doing her duty: caring for people who are battling the coronavirus at a health center in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

His image went viral.

Here he tells us what his motivation is.

Risks his life to teach indigenous children in Honduras

Pregnant teacher continues to teach indigenous children in the pandemic 3:33

With an advanced state of pregnancy, María Lourdes Hernández commutes for an hour on a motorcycle every day and then takes a canoe to teach children from a Pech indigenous community.

This is your testimony.

She always bet on being happy and fulfilling her dreams: she is the first transgender woman to present the news in Bolivia

She is the first transgender driver in Bolivia 4:32

Leonie Dorado Arce is the first transgender news anchor on Bolivian television: a woman activist for the rights and claims of the LGBTQI community, but above all, a woman satisfied with what life has given her.

Here he tells his story.

For the first time, an undocumented immigrant became a finalist for the National Book Awards

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

In 2010, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio wrote a widely read anonymous essay for

The Daily Beast

about life as an undocumented student at Harvard.

Less than a decade later, he became a finalist for the National Book Awards.

It was the first time that an undocumented immigrant became a finalist for the prestigious award.

In this interview, he tells how he sees the United States and why he decided to tell the stories of "Undocumented Americans."

He saved up to study at the university and, in the midst of the pandemic, gave everything he had collected to his mother to pay the rent

Young man hands over his savings to pay his mother's rent 12:00

Alondra Carmona wants to be a doctor and specialize in neurosurgery.

But amid a pandemic that has hit minorities especially severely, this young woman from Texas gave all her savings to her mother so she could pay the rent.

This is his story.

At 21, she is the youngest woman to cross an ocean paddling alone

She is 21 years old and crossed the Atlantic rowing alone 0:44

In the world of sports, women are breaking more and more barriers.

Learn the story of Jasmine Harrison, who at the age of 21 paddled across the ocean alone for 70 days.

It's never too late to hit the bucket list: he got a tattoo at 103

Dorothy Pollack while getting her first tattoo.

Dorothy Pollack spent her entire life taking care of her family and, at 103 years old, decided to fulfill one of the wishes that was left on her list: to get a frog tattooed in honor of the one thing she loves more than beer and hamburgers.

Read his story here.

This article is a compilation made by Ángela Reyes of stories told in 2020 and 2021 by Guillermo Arduino, Belén Zapata, Jessica Hasbun, Darío Klein, Melissa Velásquez, Elvin Sandoval, Gloria Carrasco, Catherine E. Shoichet, Jennifer Montoya, Alaa Elassar.

Source: cnnespanol

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