Maria Dolores Ballesteros 80-year-old Graduate

Maria Dolores Ballesteros is an extraordinary woman who would like to do a thousand things in her life. It is as if her eyes, hands, her heart and most of all her mind are not able to be satisfied with all the achievements so far and the triumphs achieved … She wants more and more.

80-year-old  Maria Dolores Ballesteros has made a name for herself in recent times not only for obtaining a degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (AMU) in the field of law (which is already a great achievement in itself). The point is that this is the third academic degree she has achieved.

In her biography, this extraordinary woman may already include a diploma in Professional Relations and Nursing.

Her great love and passion is being with people, serving them, be it in the sanitary, legal or social matters.

Her commitment to people who need any help seems to have no limits. It is similar with her enthusiasm for learning, with the desire to be in touch with the world around her, with satisfying curiosity and with her passion for life and learning.

As the woman herself explains, a whole lot of projects that are swirling in her head are precisely the factor that keeps her alive.

We are dealing with an extraordinary person who is an example for us to follow. Maria Dolores Ballesteros is a woman who inspires, infects with her strength, optimism and vitality. Elderly people in particular should follow her attitude.

Age is just a number, not a limit

It is said that years are pregnant, no one is able to escape their age, old age, pain in bones and joints.

You often hear about the loss of life energy and vitality, bothersome diseases, gray hair, wrinkles, sore back, and the heart is tired and cannot bear as much as it used to …

We could say all of these and much more – and of course we would be right. However, it is a privilege to mature, grow old and reach the age of 70 or 80. Few could wait for it, and no one managed to do it in perfect health.

However, even if our body hurts and we don’t feel as fresh as we used to, even if arthritis responds to the change of weather and we have a whole lot of ills, nothing can change our attitude towards life. Neither time nor the passing years can destroy it. It depends on us.

This is where we have decision-making power and full control. We can catch the reins and go wherever we want. For a mind full of hope does not know the age limit, it does not know what it means to give up. He feeds on projects that keep him feeling young.

Youth is an art in which it is worth investing time and energy, just like Maria Dolores Ballesteros.

From her young age, her parents encouraged her to follow the right direction, to learn. That’s why they always told her the same sentence:

Maria Dolores Ballesteros – a life full of knowledge and social service

Maria Dolores Ballesteros had four children and eight grandchildren. He perfectly combines family life with his university career.

This warm woman with a determined look from a young age instilled in them the idea that her parents instilled in the woman: educate yourself, become a better person and learn to help others, to be useful and to be someone in this life.

Anyway, Maria Dolores Ballesteros did not think one bachelor’s degree would be enough for her.

First of all, a nurse by vocation

After becoming a nurse, she worked for a large part of her life at the National Institute of Cardiology in Mexico, as well as at the National Medical Center and the Spanish Hospital.

• Then her specialization became internal medicine and gastroenterology. One of the greatest achievements of this amazing woman was participation in the first kidney transplant performed in Mexico.

• There are also a whole lot of significant life experiences that Maria Dolores Ballesteros will remember forever. Among other things, leaving his country without the appropriate permits to work as a nurse in Canada and the United States. This shows the level of determination of a woman.
• After gaining work experience in these countries, Maria was able to set up her own nursing school after returning to Mexico. Currently, he gives lessons to hundreds of his students.

Law, her current passion

One of the most complicated issues that the heroine of our story has to deal with is the modern digital world.

The internet was without doubt the strangest and most complex phenomenon she had to get used to. Nowadays, however, she perfectly navigates the virtual network and has mastered it like all other people – like her young colleagues from college.

As she recalls, she is fascinated by civil law, criminal law and agricultural law.

As if these academic successes were not enough, this extraordinary woman is also one of the local community leaders (Magdalena Contreras district).

She is counting on being able to use her skills as an attorney as this is her great passion.

The heroine of our story is “only” 80 years old. She and we all hope that she will live long after she turns 100. We will not be surprised if she starts wandering down the halls of the university again in search of another academic title.

She is interested in everything that may turn out to be useful in working for society.
What a fine example of an exceptional woman. We are waiting for more stories from her life!