No tenía mucho control sobre las situaciones a mi alrededor, pero era extraordinariamente sensible a la ventana de oportunidades que se abría frente a mí. Así como llegaban, así las tomaba: con energía, con brío, con una determinación feroz. Fue un diálogo —no un monólogo— que llevé conmigo misma durante más de 90 días. Un viaje hacia lo profundo, que me permitió resurgir más genuina, más auténtica. Tal vez no definitiva, pero sí como la última versión de mí hasta ese momento.

Había alcanzado varias metas: físicas, psicológicas, profesionales. Había encontrado un balance de vida que sentó las bases para la Karina que seguiría luchando por sus sueños, que seguiría avanzando hacia lo que deseaba para los siguientes tres años. Me acostumbré a vivir el presente y a que todo llegara —perdón la palabra— de soberano chingadazo. Y por eso 90 días se convirtieron para mí en toda una Era. Lo que para alguien pudo ser solo “unas cuantas semanas”, para mí fue un carrete interminable de historias, momentos, vivencias, reflexiones.

Cosas que me llevo para siempre.

Cosas por las que estoy profundamente agradecida.

Experiencias que me mostraron quién soy, qué puedo aportar a mi vida, y también cómo puedo representar y aportar a otras personas: como amiga, como pareja, como socia. Como todo lo que ya dije. Como todo lo que soy.


90 Days in Waterfront: A Dialogue With My Truest Self

This is one of those continuous scenes — the kind you’d film in a single take — that I simply can’t interrupt. Every moment, piece, and part of this experience needs to stay together. Nothing belongs in a different place. There are no chapters. Just one inevitable sequence.When I lived, even for a short time, in Brooklyn’s Colombian Waterfront District, I experienced a series of encounters with myself I never thought were meant for me. I consider that fragment — that moment, that particle of my life — a meditative one. It was a bottom I reached without warning. There, I confronted deep truths about my personality, my values, the idea I had of myself… and everything beyond.

It was a sensory world that helped me explore my creativity, my perspective on life, and how I interpret the world from a deeply personal place. I came face to face with my adult self — real and whole — and all that this implies: my social skills, my beliefs, my areas for growth. As a woman, a potential partner, a real friend, a future collaborator, a possible employee. I saw the reality of working remotely, living wherever I wanted, and having the time to explore the places that called to me.

That phase still feels magical. I didn’t have much control over what was happening around me, but I was extraordinarily sensitive to the windows of opportunity life was opening for me. And as they came, I grabbed them — with energy, boldness, and fierce determination.This stage became a dialogue — not a monologue — that I held with myself for more than 90 days. It was a journey inward, one that allowed me to resurface more genuine and more authentic. Not a final version of me, but the most honest one I had encountered up to that point.

I had achieved several goals — physical, psychological, and professional. I had found a rhythm, a balance that laid the foundation for the Karina who would keep fighting for what she wanted. Who would keep moving toward the goals she had set for the next three years.

I had gotten so used to living in the moment and to everything arriving —pardon my Spanish— in one sudden chingadazo, that those 90 days became an entire era for me. What for someone else might have felt like just a few weeks, became for me an endless reel of stories, moments, reflections.

Things I’ll carry with me forever.

Things I’m deeply grateful for.

Life experiences that showed me who I am, what I can offer myself, and what I can bring into my relationships — as a friend, a partner, a collaborator. As everything I said before. As everything I am.