Role card

Biographical information :

• My life and history: My name is Eleonore Reis , and I was born in 1986, in the city of Talcuahano .Talcuahalano is located in the region of Bio-Bio in Chili. My family owns a small farm since 1956, and we mostly grow vegetables like: potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes and more..., We also have buffaloes, chickens and sheep's. My mom , Rosalie Reis, and my dad Bum Reis, have always consider this farm as family heritage. We sell our product to Santiago the capital of Chili, and we do this for a living. However , I always loved biology , and farming has never been my choice. Anyways, I do just like my parents consider our farm like a family heritage, but biology is my passion.
  
  


• My personal jobs and experiences: Obviously I had always worked with my parents in our farm , i would fed the buffalo and the chickens.I would also plant potato's and lettuce's seeds.I also work twice a week in a laboratory in the domain of biology. We study the evolution and long term effect of GMF food in the human body. I used to work in laboratory in Santiago, but it have moved to an other city, Lota. It in the same region , were I live ,but I'm In a different laboratory now. Although, I was involved in a lot of comity's and community meetings, I don't have a lot of experiences other than farming and biology.

• School: I studied in Pasadena in Texas for my high school years and then I came back to chili for University. I was in science program while I was in University, it was very hard. I really enjoyed studying in Texas, it was so much different from Chili.

• Achievements:I had received a lot of prices for paints that I've done myself. I also had a gold metal in a swimming competition when I was 17 years old. I participated in a lot of communitarian service for my town and I'm proud of it.
  
  


• abilities and competencies: I have a lot of potential even though I'm still discovering my self through the times. I am a very hard worker , I am independent and precise in my work. I'm also very good at drying people and shapes , however I never consider turning it into a career.

• Position statement: I was inform in one of our community meetings that a project Named Pascua Lama was accepted by the Chilean government. I also had the chance to ask all my question with on of the Barrick gold's member, a Canadian mining company. I'm totally for this project . First of all, if the Chilean government allowed this project in Chili why should I be against it? The government has always been preoccupied toward is people, they evaluated strictly the purpose and the consequences of this project. If my government is for the project, I will also be .

• In second, The web is full of misleading statement and fears of the Chilean citizen. The project haven't start yet ,and there is more than 400 conditions regarding the approval of the project.The protection of ice fields and water resources is the ,main priority of the Chilean government and Barrick Gold.

• Further more, The ice field will not bee destroyed, 95% of the gold is not under the ice field only 5% of it is under the ice fields.The protection of this 5% remaining, is a major key condition of the Chilean authorities approval of the project.