CARMEN VALDIRI
“I CHOSE TO BE A MOTHER BEFORE A WOMAN!”
Written by Roxana Corcuera
Carmen Elena Valdiri Esmeral is a Colombian born in Barranquilla, was a secretary, sales manager, mother and grandmother dedicated to her daughters. Her faith in God took her out of domestic abuse, for many years she endured in silence for fear of prejudice and thinking that it was a duty as a woman to stay by her husband’s side, after twenty-eight years of marriage she realized that out of love for her daughters she had to make a decision and took the courage to renounce the abuse and raise her head, starting from scratch with her three daughters, and dedicated herself to being a mother, her daughters Fairuz the eldest (Sofia’s mother) Industrial engineer; Shujam the second daughter of a business administrator; the third is Andrea studio radio and television and is an influencer entrepreneur (mother of Isabella and Adhara) are her inspiration and her maximum satisfaction.
Carmen, cosmetologist and masseuse by profession with her hands helps change lives with lymphatic massages next to renowned doctors, Carmen always tells her clients that they should raise their voices and not believe that they can change their partners that they are not their mothers and that a divorce is not a failure, That the road to getting up is very hard especially when their husbands or partners are abusing alcohol and drugs.
Carmen is a woman who keeps going, but none of that stops her, she continues to grow in her career being recognized by great artists, influencers to receive their services but her true passion is to be a mother and grandmother.
Life is not easy, but nothing is impossible and when you are not given things were not for you. Her profession, has led her to have magical hands, relieve muscle tension and renew lost energies, of her patients, she loves her work and when she does it with passion and dedication, that makes it special is a woman who has a beautiful story that deserves to be told, passed from generation to generation. an example of life for all generations of her family.
-Carmen tells us-
My daughters are my dream are my maximum creation, they are all my life they fill my heart with so much love, I feel happy I feel free I do not regret having dedicated myself to being a mother I was born to be a mother and I found happiness in myself that inner happiness of feeling full and happy every moment.
MUSE. Carmen Valdiri , Instagram @esteticacarmenvaldiri @valdiriestetica
Photographer: Julian Serrano julianncho@gmail.com instagram @juliancho_photographer
Location: Hotel Prado Barranquilla @hotelelpradobarranquilla
Written by: Roxana Corcuera instagram @roxanacorcuerawilson
Makeup artist: Paola Bonilla instagram @paolabonillamakeup
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