TEN YEARS
Camila Sánchez Chávez, painter (self) mexicana, only 10 years, has become one of the most promising visual arts in the country.
Recently, Camila put up the name of Mexico, winning the first
International Drawing Competition on Gender Equality of the European Union , where more than 23,000 children from 60 countries.
Camila, who is in his fourth year at primary school "Buckingham" Queretaro, tells us that finds its inspiration in the garden of his house and that his first approach to painting "was when I was in kindergarten, since I like drawing, but it was in 2008 when he participated in his first official competition.
water care
That year, 2008, Camila, saw the announcement at his school, and as the task, the teacher had left was to make a drawing, in relation to water conservation. More Camila, I gave up a day after the deadline, and no longer accept it, then came out crying, and was both his desire to compete, she clung, and convinced his father, he was taken to the offices of the State Water Commission "CEA", recalls her mother, Liliana Chavez Giron professional. "They were up there, but it was closed, and his father decided to leave it to the watchman. We think that good because she was still Camila, who now know, if so enter the contest drawing, "Mom told us. More surprise was great because, as the 15 days of such" CEA "contacted the family to inform them that the design had received an honorable mention
". "Thus, Camilla both clung to the idea that eventually transcended its effort
, and has transcended
to date," he said his mother, full of pride and joy.
Camila's drawing for a postage stamp In late 2009, the girl who does not take painting classes, again a surprise to his father mother and sister of 14 years, because he has first Children's Painting Competition for the Design a Postal Stamp
, whose motto was "Saving Energy at Home" .
Competition, which involved more than 5 000 children across the country and was intended,
instill in Mexican children, a culture on the proper use of energy, with emphasis, in the home. It was on December 17, Camilla received an award from the First Lady of Mexico Margarita Zavala and Georgina Kessel, head of the Department of Energy. And being so successful that the Mexican Postal Service put in circulation 300 000 stamps postcards with the image resulting from the children's drawing contest.
For gender equity April 27, she was awarded at the headquarters of the Delegation of the European Union for its drawing
"The balance is held by all" . "Camila, widely congratulate you for your wonderful drawing. And I thank you for your work, which is an excellent example, not only for children in Mexico, but throughout the world," said the ambassador
EU delegation Mexico , Marie Anne Coninsx, adding that the drawing "simply represents the vision of children on equity gender.
Along with his mother, Camilla went to Rabat, Morocco, last November, to inaugurate the exhibition, all winners drawings of the EU from 2009.
asks Camila Children go green In an exclusive interview, Camilla says she enjoys swimming, playing tennis, but mostly to draw, so you have little time to watch TV or go online and ensures that, where large, you would be a painter and chef: "I am painting
cakes.
Upon receiving the call, in which he reported, had been the winner, said he was" very happy, that was very excited and felt very happy at the thought of his family, "she told us. also appreciated the support she gives her mother," on what I think about caring for the planet. "Today, that girl Curly, who also likes to listen to "Shakira
", is celebrating the "
Children's Day at their school, with his parents and older sister, and sends a message to all children and not as children of Mexico: "Take care of the environment
, and we all care, because then we can live better ... Ah! and politicians also look after the planet and to help all children in the country . "