Gabriel Mena

The website that I can say is my favorite is the Social Work' electronic magazine of the Universidad de Concepción, because give us academic articles bianually with the aim of disclosing advances in the discipline and of supporting the work of the professionals who work in it, as well as contributing to the dialogue with other disciplines of the Social Sciences. I visit this website semiannually when they publish a new edition. For example the last number of editions was 17th and was published in July of this year. This number has eleven articles and one of these was written by students of third year of Social Work at Universidad de Chile, they are our colleagues. The article written by them is entitled "Social policies and civil participation in key of a perspective of  rights: a debt on the part of the state". I think is an interesting platform on that I can put a day it brings over of our reality and I'd like to write an article that can will be published.

Hello again everyone. Today I will talk about my family. In our context the composition, the ties of the family have been  changed . I think that this is good because now we can surround us of the people that love us and that we love, without the conventions of the past that regulated. Despite  that, I  think my family is traditional, because consists in my mom, my dad, my sister and me (in my house, because we are five brothers in total) and unfortunately with patriarchal  biases .  But I could say that I consider my friends into the category of family, even they know me more than  them !  In my case the technology  helps  us to get together and not to separate, so I think my father devote  a lot  of time watching TV when he could be sharing with us. I think my family is everything, I  can't  imagine a  world  without them.

A photograph I like This image was taken by us in the holidays in the last year. Every year I propose a date to gather around my passion, the bicycle. I like this photo because represents the unity and support of my family. Although we are not all in the picture, I have the memory of those who are not there. In this case it shows when we are on the slopes of the volcano after a race to participate in a contest that we don't win :( despite that it was a beautiful moment that was immortalized. The next holidays I'm planning will go to Cascadas and go around the Osorno volcano, there are the most precious places that I see, and they have the best salmon and artisan beers. I'm waiting for a new crossing with the people that I love, I would like to make this a family habit. 

One of my happiest days is July 22th because  I won a classic race in Los Andes. It's an important date because I prepared it for a long time and I got the best result. I went whit my girlfriend and my team, and thanks to the last I can give the best of me, consolidating a "leak" of the rest of the people whit a partner and four persons more, working as a team we can arrive to the sprint and finally I cros the finish line first. After the race we go to celebrate in McDonald's and ate all the earned money in the prize. This means a lot to us, because we must understand that it would not be possible without them. On the other hand, the company of my girlfriend means so much to me, her support to my hobby although sacrificing certain events or hours of sleep help to motivate me to keep doing what I like.