:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gruponacion/QBDYHL6TO5EG7EOI7KIB5AJPJQ.png "Melissa Durán, Fabiola Herra and Gerardo Zamora: the revelations closest to their hearts")
Ten media figures from different fields were the protagonists of this first season of Storytime, a project of interviews and conversations that we publish in nacion.com and that allowed us to get to know very personal and specific issues of faces such as Melissa Durán, Fabiola Herra and Gerardo Zamora.
Melissa Durán allowed us to learn about her experience raising her husband’s daughters, those girls who, she says, were born in her heart. At the time, Fabiola Herra spoke of the most sacred thing in her life: her daughters and how it has been for her to bring them forward after the soccer player Gabriel Badilla, their father, passed away. Also, the journalist Gerardo Zamora related the feelings experienced fighting a tumor in his eye and how he assumed the loss of that organ.
Lussania Víquez: her life after overcoming cancer and the hope of being a mother
This first season also featured the participation of the presenter of Repretel, Lussania Víquez, who spoke about life after defeating (breast) cancer and the immense desire she has to be a mother, a subject that has taken its time due to the affectation that he had (from the treatment) in his ovarian reserve. Lussania does not lose faith and her story not only allows us to know more about her and her deepest feelings, but it has also inspired many people in their different life processes.
That was precisely one of the objectives of the project: apart from presenting up-close and novel stories of different media figures, it was intended that their stories and experiences would transmit some teaching to those who decided to see the different episodes.
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Jennifer Segura and how the most painful experience of her life prompted her to help others
In Storytime We got to know the journalist and presenter of Noticias Repretel Jennifer Segura more closely, who told us about how the most painful experience of her life led her to create her project, Connections, with which he seeks to impact the lives of other people.
Journalist Melissa Alvarado remembers the day she cried on the air when breaking news
The journalist and presenter of Teletica Deportes, Melissa Alvarado was another of the protagonists of Storytime. She spoke of her path to becoming the credible professional she is today. He also referred to a very personal issue and has to do with the day he cried on the air when he gave the news of the death of his friend Alejandro Oviedo, press officer of the Club Sport Herediano, who died in early August from covid-19 .
Fernando Cruz, the master of cats: meet the magistrate beyond the formalities
The participation of the president and magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice, Fernando Cruz, allowed us to know him beyond the formalities. On this occasion, he did not talk about issues related to pensions or public employment, but about a little-known life in which he is a lover of felines, animals that he has learned to understand throughout his 72 years.
Alexis Rojas recounts his experience after suffering a facial effusion
Another personality who is recognized and respected for his credibility after so many years of work is Alexis Rojas, host of NC Once. Don Alexis spoke for the first time about his experience after having suffered a facial paralysis and how the event, medically known as Bell’s palsy, affected the left side of his face: his eye, part of his mouth and even his nose were damaged.
Maureen Salguero: ‘I don’t want to die and even less stay alive and without quality of life’
Multimedios presenter Maureen Salguero was another participant. After suffering three micro-infarcts, his life changed. His experience and history also seek to highlight the importance of taking care of our mental health. After specialists diagnosed depression with some pictures of anxiety, the announcer, de The Hot (90.7 FM), speaks with total naturalness of these conditions because he knows that “if it is not spoken, it is as if they did not exist”. Today she is a champion of demystifying all the stigmas around mental health.
Amanda Moncada, the senior influencer
One of the last guests was Amanda Moncada, who with her joy and vitality infected those who listened with enthusiasm. At 73 years old, this lady is positioned on TikTok, a social network where she dances, enjoys and even promotes products. She is quite an influencer of the third age.
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