My name is Renato. I am a Peruvian born in Arequipa, the second largest city, located in the south of Peru.

I graduated with a law degree in 1998, and two years later I finished a Master’s degree in Business Law at the University of Lima. I was working as an assessor for the Peruvian Supreme Court when I decided to make a complete change in my life.

About three and a half years ago, after working in law for a while, I understood that being a lawyer was not my dream in life, so I quit my job and my life in Peru, deciding to come to the US to improve my English and to continue my studies.

Here in the US, I got a position as a part-time Spanish teacher at a community college in Valencia, California, a job that I enjoy very much. In the US, I found out that a person can be whatever he or she wants to be, so I started to think in different ways to make my dream of traveling around the world become real.

The first conclusion that I arrived at was that I could not start traveling around the world if first I had not traveled well enough around the country of my birth. I say so because Peru is a country that has a lot to offer, but during my life in Peru I did not have the opportunity to travel it extensively.

Finally, and to make the story short, I just came back from Peru after 29 days with my backpack, my camera, the walkie-talkie that kept me in touch with my wife most of the time, some souvenirs, valuable information and a great experience that I want to share with you now!

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