Hello! My name is María
Isabel Peñaloza Fonseca but my family and friends call me Isa. I am from Huimilpan, a town near
Querétaro.
I am in El Arca because I have a desire to know more about
people with disabilities. I have always noticed them in the street or with
their families and I would see their smiles and their joy in any place. I wanted to know more about them and then I
realized that I could bring something to them. So I started looking for options
and with the help of some people, I learned about a place called “El Arca”
where people with intellectual disabilities lived. I had the opportunity to
start working and living in the community 10 months ago and I’m liking it a lot
and feel this maybe my vocation…
In El Arca, I am a live-in assistant living with four people
with disability, each with their own gifts and very different from each other:
Moisés, Iván, José y Bertha. I also live with Johanna who just arrived from
Germany.
We are looking forward to your visit with great joy. Hasta
pronto!
Hello,
my name is Johanna Kannieß. I am a
volunteer from Germany. 
At this moment I have been in Mexico for three weeks, but I
want to stay a whole year. I’m 20 years old.
My
job in El Arca is to accompany mainly Bertha, but the other guys as well. I
also have to clean the first floor and check on the two dogs, Daniela y Daniel.
I am still in the adaptation phase and because of that, my task will change.
For example the first month I work in the house (el hogar) and the second in
the workshop (el taller) to get to know everything.
I like sports like jogging, Taibo and
swimming. I love music, hence I play the guitar and cello, but I can’t sing. I
like dogs and therefore I am really happy that we got the friendly dogs in El
Arca. I love to travel and get to know other cultures and languages, one of the
reasons why I am here in Mexico.
This
year I have finished school. In Germany we have a different school system;
therefore we finish school older than in the USA.
After
my year in Mexico I want to go back to Germany and study civil engineering.
At
the moment my Spanish is not very good, but it has improved since my arrival.
However I speak English, so we won’t have big problems with the communication.
I am
looking forward to meeting you,
Johanna
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