Dear Reader,
Ever since I was a little girl I have always been completely passionate about the idea of changing or making a difference in the world. For that reason, I always had many different idols whom I admired for their conquests and achievements. At age 5, my hero was my dad since I really did believe him when he supposedly revealed me his secret identity of being superman. I even remember he used to tell me that he had to leave early in the morning every single day in order to combat crime and secure our world against witches, whom at the time, I believed existed. At age 8, I was completely fascinated about Neil Armstrong since my brother kept telling me about how astonishing he was for being the first man to step onto the lunar surface and even though I have always been desperately afraid of heights and didn't really think flying inside a rocket destined to the moon for days was the greatest of the ideas, for some reason my brother`s influences made up my mind. However, now that I am 16 and have grown and matured mentally, I became capable of perceiving that a true role-model isn't necessarily a person who obtains super powers or one who can come up with an advanced scientific inventions since an genuine astounding idol can also be a person just like all others, who is capable of changing the society they live in through their determination and perseverance. Finally, with my 16 years of age, I have now legitimately defined who my true idol is and I am proud to mention Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a revolutionary woman, nun, self-taught intellectual and writer of the colonial times as my one and only idol.
The idea of conveying and portraying all of my admiration for such an extraordinary icon who completely changed society in the 17th century in this webpage began from my Latin American History class in which I was assigned to put together a multi genre research project about a relevant subject, possibly including a person,a movement or a period, present and influential in Latin America.I faced this project as an glorious opportunity to expand and enlarge my knowledge about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and her extraordinary achievements so through the evolution of intense research along with the development of many different creative and informative genres, I was able to discover an unique and different side to Sor Juana which I had never seen before, the side of an audacious nun who was reckless and daring enough to experience with her own life, the unending conflict between faith and reason, where her main passions for religion and knowledge could not harmonically exist within one another.Along the combination of my work and my investigation, I was able to discern what a brave sensible woman she was to threaten the powerful discriminatory society of the colonial period and I was able to recognize that even with all of the pessimistic criticism constantly made towards her, she was able to endure and linger for her incessant feminist dream.
As a woman living in the 21st century, I know that inequality between men and women along with the persistent unrelenting rivalry between religion and science still shapes societies all around the world and for these purposes I decided to utilize this website as Sor Juana`s hidden personal library, which happened to be the largest private library in the New World, in order to show all of you what was lies inside of her story so that you will be able to know how important it is for people to learn about Sor Juana Inés and her incredible accomplishments. I have put a lot of dedication in all of the genres and information pieces in this website with the optimist idea of contributing in making Sor Juana Inés become a worldwide magnificent inspiration for all daring dreamers who like me, imagine a day in which we will be able to transform our world and make it an exceptional place. Hopefully, all of you beloved readers, will enjoy learning through such a creative and innovative project about this amazing visionary woman and will utilize all of the information here portrayed for your own intellectual growth, in a way that in this website, you will find all of the inspiration you needed to make remarkable changes yourself.
Ever since I was a little girl I have always been completely passionate about the idea of changing or making a difference in the world. For that reason, I always had many different idols whom I admired for their conquests and achievements. At age 5, my hero was my dad since I really did believe him when he supposedly revealed me his secret identity of being superman. I even remember he used to tell me that he had to leave early in the morning every single day in order to combat crime and secure our world against witches, whom at the time, I believed existed. At age 8, I was completely fascinated about Neil Armstrong since my brother kept telling me about how astonishing he was for being the first man to step onto the lunar surface and even though I have always been desperately afraid of heights and didn't really think flying inside a rocket destined to the moon for days was the greatest of the ideas, for some reason my brother`s influences made up my mind. However, now that I am 16 and have grown and matured mentally, I became capable of perceiving that a true role-model isn't necessarily a person who obtains super powers or one who can come up with an advanced scientific inventions since an genuine astounding idol can also be a person just like all others, who is capable of changing the society they live in through their determination and perseverance. Finally, with my 16 years of age, I have now legitimately defined who my true idol is and I am proud to mention Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a revolutionary woman, nun, self-taught intellectual and writer of the colonial times as my one and only idol.
The idea of conveying and portraying all of my admiration for such an extraordinary icon who completely changed society in the 17th century in this webpage began from my Latin American History class in which I was assigned to put together a multi genre research project about a relevant subject, possibly including a person,a movement or a period, present and influential in Latin America.I faced this project as an glorious opportunity to expand and enlarge my knowledge about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and her extraordinary achievements so through the evolution of intense research along with the development of many different creative and informative genres, I was able to discover an unique and different side to Sor Juana which I had never seen before, the side of an audacious nun who was reckless and daring enough to experience with her own life, the unending conflict between faith and reason, where her main passions for religion and knowledge could not harmonically exist within one another.Along the combination of my work and my investigation, I was able to discern what a brave sensible woman she was to threaten the powerful discriminatory society of the colonial period and I was able to recognize that even with all of the pessimistic criticism constantly made towards her, she was able to endure and linger for her incessant feminist dream.
As a woman living in the 21st century, I know that inequality between men and women along with the persistent unrelenting rivalry between religion and science still shapes societies all around the world and for these purposes I decided to utilize this website as Sor Juana`s hidden personal library, which happened to be the largest private library in the New World, in order to show all of you what was lies inside of her story so that you will be able to know how important it is for people to learn about Sor Juana Inés and her incredible accomplishments. I have put a lot of dedication in all of the genres and information pieces in this website with the optimist idea of contributing in making Sor Juana Inés become a worldwide magnificent inspiration for all daring dreamers who like me, imagine a day in which we will be able to transform our world and make it an exceptional place. Hopefully, all of you beloved readers, will enjoy learning through such a creative and innovative project about this amazing visionary woman and will utilize all of the information here portrayed for your own intellectual growth, in a way that in this website, you will find all of the inspiration you needed to make remarkable changes yourself.