This is Claudia Salem Barakat, wife of presidential candidate Otto Sonnenholzner.

Familiar with her face, but I have yet to meet her; Ecuadorian Claudia Salem Barakat is more than a wife Otto Sonnenholzner, current candidate for President of the Republic. A woman from Guayaquil came forward for the first time during the government Lenin Morenowhen Sonnenholzner He served as vice president of Ecuador.

As the years passed, Salem He is already in his 40s, but continues to follow a passion he has had since childhood: leading a sustainable life. As a result of his interest in the environment, in 2015 Salem became the founder I am sowinga social innovation organization that promotes the planting of gardens in homes and educational centers for experiential environmental education.

Her close relationship with nature and the call to found an organization that promotes environmentally friendly activity led her to create @yosiembro, which currently has more than 200,000 followers on social platforms, positively influencing children, their main target group.

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Salem she is a mother of three children. Gluten intolerance with which her first child was born, Otto, was the reason that led her to make a garden on the balcony of her house. – I had to make my son eat healthy food, vegetables and greens, so I bought basil and planted it on the balcony of the house and that’s how it all started.

Planting has become the most important family activity. “Every time my son’s friends came to play, they would leave with some seed or vegetable that had been harvested at the time, and the moms would call me to ask how I did it, because they wanted to do it again at home,” he said in 2018. to Universe newspaper.

Now, I am sowing manages a large community of people who also want to get their kids involved in planting and creating home gardens.

Sowing has always been a calling SalemHowever, she has been prepared in other professional areas. After graduating from Sek College, she decided to continue studying biological engineering with a focus on geology at Holy Cross University in the US. However, she fell in love with one of the subjects she took and changed her major: she graduated with a degree in philosophy.

He got acquainted with these personal and professional achievements Sonnenholzner with whom he forms a family of five. Together at home they have mint, radish, lettuce, carrot and much more, but they also have a vision of the country where she is her biggest fan: “you have a lot of courage, brains and heart”.

Outdoor activities are your vitamin i Sonnenholzner He accompanies her in all her adventures: from trips to waterfalls, walks through the colorful streets of the city, exploring the Ecuadorian Amazon and even scheduling a Sunday with the family to get to know the Guayaquil Airway. (AND)