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Tuesday 3 November 2020

Selfmade Aruba by Mauro Caralps:

“Create the best version of you”

tice with classic literature, I think 18-25. Coming across this informa-
it could be balanced with some tion might occur a bit boring and
relevant books on the list that can dry to them, therefore I try to make
support students in their future.” He it attractive it in a way that I find
is contacting the school to see if it appealing myself.”There are skills
they are open to discuss this. “For you need to learn outside of school
example, many students from the to be able to face the world in his
Caribbean go and study in the opinion. “Take myself, I want to go
Netherlands and fail due to the ex- into sales and said to myself, once
tra stress from factors that are out- I finish studying, it won’t really pre-
side of their studies, like managing pare me for the job. Also my fel-
their own finances. Aruban Franklin low students will all have the same
Seute, 21, wrote a book about his diploma as me. But I will go up
experience in the past 2-to-3 years against people that have years of
in Holland and how he dealt with experience so let me stack up on
his personal finances. This is a topic knowledge that will help me move
that will for sure benefit students.” forward on this topic.” He started
Caralps has an agreement with looking into books about sales,
Plaza Bookshop, where he advises interviewing sales people and
them on ordering certain books on learned so much that he wanted
self-improvement which he pro- to share this. “I saw my friends deal-
motes in his program under Book ing with certain problems, where I
Review Club. “What I really want to found ways to overcome them
do is to share knowledge and hav- just by reading or interviewing and
ing people of my age opening up learning from other people. Initially
their mind to learn apart from tradi- I said if I can only help one person
tional education. Reading books, that would have been enough
searching for articles or looking at but we got way more than that. I
documentaries in their free time am doing this with two friends and
can enrich their lives.” we are even approached now by
high schools and my own university
Reach out to give lectures. My goal is to reach
Caralps started this project in June, out to a younger crowd.”
when he had spare time because
of the pandemic, and he felt the If you are interested to know more
need to share his experience. “I about Selfmade Aruba, check
saw that most people focus at a them out at Facebook: Selfmade.
later age to improve themselves Aruba, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok
ORANJESTAD — Mauro Caralps is with the aim of educating and but not many start at the age of and soon also on YouTube.q
not your average young man. He is motivating youth achieve their
willing to look into himself and think dreams and become the best ver-
outside of the box. The (21)-year- sion of themselves. Successful Aru-
old senior, studying Hospitality and bans like artist Jeon, fitness instruc-
Tourism Management Faculty at tor & nutritionist Rene Wild, entre-
the University of Aruba, wanted to preneur Carlos Roos, businessman
distinguish himself from the others Jean-Carlo Espinal, dance teacher
by diving into self-improvement Pierangely Wever sat at his table to
and education aside from the reg- elaborate on their way to a happy
ular coursework. “It started with life. “The initiative applies to differ-
myself conducting interviews and ent areas like business, psychology
reading books to grow in knowl- … everything that can help mak-
edge but it grew fast into helping ing a person better themselves.”
others. Now my goal is to empower But that is not all of it for Caralps.
the younger generation with self- When he was on Colegio Arubano
improvement skills and building re- high school, he noticed that many
silience by knowledge. That is how books on the reading list are from
Selfmade Aruba began.” the 20th century, classical, not so
interesting for students to read.
Selfmade Aruba is a new podcast “Although it is important to prac-