Personal Essay: Why Panama Is Important To Me

PANAMA, lots of thoughts go through my mind as I hear the name of the country that saw me grow up. This country in the middle of Latin America and the love I feel towards it have been a great part of my life. Even though Panama is small fills a huge space in my heart because it has given me, and continues to give me shelter and a place to grow and develop in, sustenance, joy, a safe home, but most importantly, it gives me LIFE. Sadly, in the past years, my valuable and so loved country started to decay when the rich and powerful people “in charge” made bad economical and political decisions, which cost Panamanians its integrity. People from different countries around the world don’t even look at my country the same anymore and me, and my community, as people who have been held in Panama’s comforting arms should not accept to be subject of mockery and pity. Today, the air doesn’t feel the same around me, what I can see and hear is nothing compared to those moments of joy and excitement that ran through my head when recalling what it was like to live in country based on honesty and generosity. These people that shape Panama’s society used to be happy and cheerful, and are now filled with

They knew about poetry, music, art, engineering, politics, among other things that made them different, and that made them stand out form the rest. A country’s background, history, and culture are things that certainly matter; the way people think, their philosophies, the way they are influenced by their surroundings, the music that they hear, the things that they like to see and even the things they don’t, are things that architects keep on their top of mind, and that is what I want to be and do. I want to engage people interests into working to improve every single piece of Panama within every aspect possible by making this country a place for citizens of the