Mariana Zilbershteyn, All about balance (PORTRAIT 2022)

Over the past few years I have witnessed my daughter’s struggles as she experienced personal challenges physically and mentally during a period of massive change. As the pandemic reigned in 2020 she missed almost all of her final year of primary school, robbing her of graduation and a process of transition into high school. We moved overseas and more lockdowns followed in 2021 shutting off her access to social and physical activities, restricting her freedoms. Online schooling in a new country and new curriculum challenged her confidence as a student, seeding self-doubt. Through this she discovered strategies to balance school, social life and her sporting passions. As well as a belief in herself and inner balance in a world where certainty is not a luxury we can expect any time soon.

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