Lorena Gaona Greenwood - Paraguay

In 2011, the summer before starting at Westminster College, I had a car accident back home. As a consequence of the accident nearly half of my face got third degree burns. During those couple of months of rehabilitation, I was horrified by the idea of having scars in my face for life. One of the main things I relied on to present myself to others was my face. During those months I had to reconsider my priorities and ways to present myself. I realized I was relying on something so superficial and unimportant, there were other things more important than that that would represent me just fine. After that experience I made sure I never put superficial factors as top priorities when describing myself. Fortunately, I recovered perfectly, but that sense of fear and uncertainty taught me a lot… If I haven't recovered, would you still see me like you do now?