Gabriela Ávalos

I don't think I have ever pictured myself traveling to an unknown future, because it seems to me an impossible and distant idea, but I do think a lot about the things that could happen in the following generations.  I have always wondered what is going to happen to the world, if the human race is really going to continue to exist, if we are going to become extinct or if our planet is simply not going to support any more. There are many movies and theories around the end of the world, so I would like to travel to a future (hopefully very very far away) where I can see if the world really ended or not.  I can't put an exact date to this hypothetical event, but I hope it will be in infinite more years. Even more, I hope it won't happen, but for that we have to make changes in the present, stop exploiting our resources, pay atention to urgent issues such as climate change, intersectional oppressions suffered by some subjects and all those problems that this system has brought u...

 I'm still not really sure what I want to do in the future, but I think the area of psychology that most appeals to me is clinical, although always from a social approach. And the line I like the most is psychoanalysis, because its conception of subjectivity makes a lot of sense to me, besides, it has a relevant political impact. I picture myself working with women and people from the LGTBIQ+ community, because it is a reality very close to me, although I do not close myself to the possibilities. I would like to be part of an NGO or organization that allows me to work together with other people, I do not see myself working alone in a private practice.  Given the characteristics of clinical psychology, I think that traveling constantly is not a good idea, because you have to maintain regular contact with the people you see. Of course, all this is thought of a world without pandemic, where consultations no longer have to be necessarily telematic. The salary is not the most impor...