Michelle Otero Barnes was born in Viedma, Rio Negro, Argentina where she has lived her whole life. She attended public primary school and private high school before beginning an online teaching degree through C.I.B.A. institute. She later transferred to study at Lenguas Vivas institute, which allowed her to complete tests and workshops without travel. While ten subjects transferred, she had to retake some courses, finding them easier the second time. She struggled with grammar and phonetics but overcame challenges with effort. Michelle is now close to achieving her dream of becoming an English teacher.

1. Personal Information
Birth: I was born in Viedma, Río Negro, and I have lived here my
whole life.
Studies: I went to a public primary school (Nº30), then I went to a
private high school (Instituto Modelo Viedma), and then I started to study
Profesorado de Inglés modalidad distancia at C.I.B.A. institute (Cultural
Inglesa Buenos Aires).
Two years later, I had the chance to study at Lenguas Vivas institute,
in which I did not have to travel to sit for the final tests or the workshops,
so I decided to give up studying in Buenos Aires and chose Lenguas Vivas
as the place where I wanted to become an English teacher.
When I started studying at Lenguas Vivas, ten of the subjects I had
passed at CIBA weren't recognized, so I had to do them again. The positive
aspect was that as I had studied for those subjects before, they weren't as
difficult as the first time, and that encouraged me to keep working hard.
Two years later I had some problems to understand two subjects:
Gramática and Phonetics II, they were terrible, and I almost thought of
giving up. Fortunately, with a lot of effort, I could pass both tests, and from
that moment I convinced myself that I wouldn't stop until I finished this
career.
So here I am, my dream of becoming an English teacher is about to
come true, and that scares me a little, but I will do my best as I always did.
Michelle Otero Barnes