Micro Biologist Raul Cuero

Micro Biologist Raul Cuero was born in a poor town in Colombia where he and his family lived with his grandmother.  as a child he slept on the floor.  He did not grow up with electricity or much of anything.  while living with his grandmother he would play with the roaches that were crawling on the floor and this is what sparked his interest in biology.  He enjoyed seeing how these animals would behave and making him use these creatures as a spark for his creativity and begin his love for education and learning through doing.

Through out his life he has pursued many things like athletics education and inventing.  He states that although he has achieve so much in his life so many people think that he was brought up in a wealthy family because of his success.  The fact that a man who grew up having nothing was able to make a successful career for himself.  Through out his life he also endured prejudism because of his appearance when he moved out of his small town where everyone looked the same.

The advice that Dr. Cuero gave in the interview can be applied to our everyday life today because in this day of age prejudism seems to be more prevalent than ever.  Dr. Cuero never let what other people thought get him down because instead of taking it negatively he used it as a fuel to further him in life.  I think that his look on life can be a great tool for people today because there are many people   that have receive prejudism their entire life and if people took the mind set of using it to fuel themselves people could achieve so much more. I think the best advice he ave was that instead of trying to read and learn just like that people should take take the initiative to learn by doing.  This is because its much easier and more beneficial to learn in that way.  Dr. Cuero has a great outlook on life and how people can succeed when started in a low class family.