About

Since I can remember, I have always been interested in children’s upbringing and education. I think it all began when I was 7 years old, living in Colombia. I became obsessed with babysitter club books, a book series about a group of young teens who would babysit the neighborhood children. They would make up games for them and discuss different things that came up while they were taking care of them.

A few years later when I turned 11, my aunt became pregnant with my baby cousin and I would go down to her apartment many days a week to read ‘What to expect when you’re expecting’, a book about pregnancy and baby’s first year.  I would also give her magazine articles or books un upbringing I had found, which she thought was hilarious because I was reading more about pregnancy and raising children than she was.

Even though it interested me, I never even considered this as a career when I graduated from school, mainly because there were preconceived notions in my family about what I should study, so I went on to do a business major with a minor in law. During my college years, I went on an exchange program to Paris and while I was there I babysat for a French family, who had three young children. I was with them for a whole year and this was my first real look at what raising children, was like.

Fast-forward 15 years and I am living in Argentina, married to a great guy and mom to three stepchildren, whom I adore. I have quit my corporate job to explore new horizons and since then I have become a kid’s yoga Teacher from Rainbow Yoga and a Mindfulness Teacher from the Mindful Schools Mindful Teacher certification program.

I was introduced to motherhood quite suddenly when I met my husband and his three children, but I suppose it happens in a similar manner to new parents. This jump into motherhood sparked my latent interest in upbringing and I began to read and investigate even more than before. This was especially important to me because even though I love my stepkids, I found that motherhood can be as frustrating and confusing as it is satisfying and fulfilling and I felt I needed support in the process.

Like me, there are many caretakers who are not the mommy’s and daddy’s but that are just as involved in nurturing the children at their care and who also need the support in this process, so Becoming Unicorns is a place for all those who take part in a child’s upbringing, moms, dads, stepparents, grandparents, teachers and anyone else involved in this process. I will share different books, topics and ideas I have come by during my years of reading and investigating, around nurturing our children and helping them become successful in their own terms by developing their best self.