Juliana Valero Zamorano was born prematurely in Cali, Colombia in 1998. She spent her early childhood living in various countries including the United States, Spain, and Bogota, Colombia due to her father's job. She attended several schools during this time and had difficulties adjusting to the changes. At age 10, her family returned permanently to Cali where she has been living since and attending Colegio Bennett. She has lost several grandparents over the years and recounts a time getting lost as a child in a supermarket. Her best trips included visiting Santa Marta and seeing snow for the first time.

1. ENGLISH

2. AUTOBIOGRAPHY

3. MY LIFE My name is Juliana Valero Zamorano; I was born in CALI-COLOMBIA, in Inbanaco hospital on January 27 of 1998 at 11:00pm. I was born with only 6 months; I was too little so I had to stay 47 days in an incubator. I remain 2 months in Cali after my birth. Later I went to live to FLORIDA-UNITED STATES. There I stayed living during 2 years and there I went to my first day of school. My father decided we had to go to Spain because he had found a job there so we went to live there in VALENCIA-SPAIN. My cousins lived there so we went to the same school and we lived near their house. We had a lot of fun living there. We stayed there one year, and we returned to Colombia but now not to Cali, to BOGOTA. The change was really hard for us but we had to get used to it. I didn’t like the place to much because of the people, they were like unpleasant, and also because it was really cold. I lived in Bogota five years. Until one day my father gathered us and told us he had a job in Cali and that we had to go there. I didn’t want to go because I had got my friends already and I was already used to go to the same school. But you know it was my father´s decision and we had to obey because we were only kids.

4. When I was eight years old we went to live to Cali. There we stayed a year and we went again to Spain. We stayed also a year there and we went back to Cali. When I was ten years old we arrived to Cali and I entered to Colegio Bennett, it was totally different from the other places I´ve been in. The people were adorable and I liked it too much. And now as you can see I am here in this wonderful city. I have only one grandmother alive and I don’t have any grandfather alive. My grandmother from my mother´s part died when I was two years old. I didn’t meet my grandfather from my father´s part because he died when my father was 11 years old. And my grandfather from my mother´s part died when I was ten years old. I was living in Bogota and we went to Cali for vacation, but specially to visit my grandfather that was sick. One night all the family gathered in his house to pray for him and my brother and I were there so my mother told me to go upstairs and watch TV because they were going to pray. I went up with my brother and I sleep, but somehow I woke up and my mother was crying so I asked her what had happened and she told me that my grandfather died.

5. When I was six years old I got lost in a supermarket. I was looking at some tooth brushes with my cousin. My mother and my uncle told us that we had to go to buy other things but I stayed looking at the tooth brushes and my cousin went with them so they went without me. I started to cry because I didn’t find my mother and a man found me and he asked me why was I crying and I told him the entire story. I thought he was going to hurt me or something but he took me to a place where they announced my mother’s name and she came for me. She was really mad because I didn’t obey her but at the same time she was happy because she found me. My best trip was when I went to Santa Marta with my cousins, it was a really good and fun trip. I also went to the snow with the same people I went to Santa Marta and I liked it a lot because it was the first time I went to the snow. I think going to 6th grade will be a really good experience and I think it will teach us to be more responsible with our things and I think we will like it a lot. This year has been the best year in all my life. DONE BY: JULIANA VALERO