I study veterinary because it’s my passion since I can remember, for a while I used to think that I could be a forensic doctor due to I used to watch so many series about it but then I went back to my original intentions, veterinary. In 2011 I started to study veterinary medicine in the Universidad Austral, in Valdivia, I studied two years there, but then I realized that the approach the college had wasn’t what I wanted so I decided to start over my studies in the Universidad de Chile in 2013. I always knew that one of my goals was to find a job something relationated with the Chilean fauna and wildlife conservation so I always try to take classes relacionated with these themes. Once I finish my studies I want to have a job completely relacionated with conservation, I wish I could work in CONAF and create projects for our beautiful and varied Chilean fauna. 

My name is Gabriela Contreras Buvinic. I'm chilean woman. I'm 22 years old and I'm from Puerto Varas but I'm currently living in Santiago. I was born in the sourthern part of Chile, in Punta Areas on July 8th, 1992.

I lived there till I was and the I moved to Puerto Varas due to my father job. Puerto Varas is a really quiet and beautiful city, I like but Punta Arenas is my favorite Place. I have a really small family, just my parents and me. My mother is a teacher in a public school and my father works in a bank. I finished my school studies in Puerto Varas and then I moved to Santiago due to university. Now I live in Santiago just with my cat Ouca, I'm currently studing veterinary medicine in Universidad de Chile, coursing the third year.

I'm passionate about wild animals, especially the Chilean fauna and I would like to find a job relacionated with that. I also like the nature and the natural conservation, so do hiking or trekking is what I like the most.