The story of Marta Bustos, a writer who lost her eyes while making soap and who is admired by Queen Letizia

Marta Bustos is a young Spaniard who went through a difficult experience that completely changed her life. In 2020, an accident involving caustic soda while making soap at home left her blind.

However, Marta did not let herself be defeated by adversity and showed great resilience, ability to adapt and overcome difficulties, and in addition, she decided to share her experience through a book.

‘The loss of my brown eyes’ is the name of her work, which was very well received by the readership, and even Queen Letizia of Spain showed her admiration for Marta’s work and asked her for a copy and an autograph during the event. This fact made Marta’s story known to a wider audience.

Marta Bustos, a writer admired by Queen Letizia

As reported by La Voz de la Salud, Marta was living in the USA at the time as a migrant, although she was married to an American, so the first weeks after the accident were the most difficult.

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“I couldn’t access health insurance […] I made a video asking everyone who wanted to collaborate and it went viral. We raised a lot of money in a very short time, I got a lot of solidarity and support and I started paying for the treatment,” he told the newspaper.

Initially, the doctor’s diagnosis was that both eyeballs were lost, but, against all odds, with a lot of positivity and support from her family, Marta can say that she has recovered vision in one eye, according to Guioteca.

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the life of an influencer

Marta Bustos, who can now be considered one of Queen Letizia’s favorite authors, lives as an influencer thanks to her story that made her go viral.

This was pointed out by the magazine Hello!, which assured that from 200 followers it has reached more than 200 thousand on its Instagram account and also has a podcast called “Life is blind”. “I felt a lot of support from my followers […] This restores your faith,” he said.

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