The prospect
On the first look she seems like any other 15 year old Bulgarian teenager. But if you try and analyze her, you can see the glare in her eyes, which shows determination and power. That girl is obviously hungry for success and bigger things in life. She's transmitting positive energy to anyone who is willing to embrace it. She was born in Sofia, but the life path of her parents brought her in Dolna Banya. Small town with rather hard life conditions. It's populated with more that 50% of Roma people, who are not so integrated in the society. Many of them are droping out of school, and globaly, they are turning towards wrong things in life, like alcohol, drogs, stealing. In many cases they drag other kids in their kind of life style. Gabriela isn't one of those children that are dragged from their way. She is an A student of 9th grade in Dolna Banya's school. Although her mother Tanja works in restaurant, and her father Teodor as an electrician, she found her passion and life's calling in something else,dancing. It is something that fills her heart, and makes her love herself and world around her. She also enjoys singing, playing the piano and walking in the woods. Since she visited Santorini (Greece) with her class, she got new goal in her life, traveling. She just learned about the Erasmus programs, which may help her with traveling and meeting other cultures later in life. She dreams about working as a choreographer. First step in that dream coming true will perhapse be faculty of that type. Already now, she has a plan of entering one in London or Sofia. Many young teenagers aren't planning to spend their lives in Dolna Banya, and Gabriela is one of them. She will definately seize the life, and live it to the fullest.