Bright spirit: a young person with cerebral palsy will be a professor at UNAM

Matías Santiago Alaníz He knows what it is to realize his dreams despite adversity. Your cerebral palsy did not stop him in 2017 from graduating with an honorable mention from the Bachelor of Political Science and now Become a teacher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

The coordination of open and distance learning (CUAED) reported on Facebook that Matías would join their ranks as Professor at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, in which he will teach from March 3 this year in his open system and distance education (SUAyED).

CUAED congratulates the 28-year-old and adds "we are very proud of the effort and dedication who made it reach a new goal. Congratulations Matías! Congratulations! "

The former professor of UNAM also celebrated his triumph in the social network of Mark Zuckerberg, in which he shared the signature of his contract and a sentence that coincides with his feat.

To paraphrase what has been said about the moon: a small step for me, but a big step for inclusion"he wrote.

Matías Santiago Alaníz was born with an athetoid encephalopathy, that is, cerebral palsy prevents your brain from controlling your movements, so he is in a wheelchair in which he has installed the computer system with which he studies, according to the newspaper The day; he suffers too acute myopia it diminishes the quality of your vision.

His mother Patricia Alanís Álvarez was the main support of the political scientist. She he offered basic training and later helped him with the baccalaureate and his theses.

"In families, there is always a support network that stimulates the youngest, and they follow the example of the greatest, no matter what it is about political science or politics. engineering, he was going to study, and this is not the slightest doubt, "Patricia told the magazine Process.

He also said: "I stayed on the road, because I did not finish the race, but he always had a great determination to finish his thesis and graduate."

Matías decided to study Political science and public administration because he's always been struck by the questions of public life and although, at the beginning of her training, her mother is obliged to read all the texts, the programs of her computer help her to finish her studies.

He submitted his exam to enter the baccalaureate as any other student and then studied distance from Guadalajara, where he lives and finished his studies in four years.

His thesis: "The Mexican Political System: Its Main Preservation Mechanisms, 1968-1994" helped him get the honorable mention awarded to students of excellence for the maximum home of studies.

Now he will also give distance learning from Guadalajara, Jalisco, his place of residence.