Gloria is 30 years old and lives in a periurban area called Duran, which is characterized by its disappearing ecosystem. She has a small business selling costume jewelry.
Gloria makes and sells costume jewelry to her friends and neighbors to have money. Sometimes, she also works as a veterinarian to have more income. She works alone starting very early in the morning but one of the problems in the area where she lives is delinquency, so she can hardly go out to the streets to sell.
With the loan, she wants to purchase construction materials such as cement, paint, and blocks so that she can give her house a better look and so that her customers will buy her jewelry. In the future, she wants to finish building her house and have her own office to be an official veterinarian.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer anonymized. View original language description.