User:Kiyary

My real name is Eliza Dominguez, I choose Kiyary as my Quechua name, since I´m a mixture of cultures, my greatgrandparents come from England and my other greatgreatgrandparents come from Spain, but in the whole family tree, there is also native peruvian blood, that is why I choose Kiyary as my name. Kiyary is the moonlight that shines and guides those who travel at night.

I was born in Lima, but because of my dad´s work, my family used to travel a lot, from Deparment to another department in Peru. I´ve been in Lima, Puno, Ancash, Cuzco, and even in Bolivia before I was even 6;by that age we were back again in Lima. For a critical economical situation my family moved to USA, where my mom taught Spanish while my brother went to school and I went to High School. I wanted to go to University and study Graphic Design, and, although I had several recommendations from teachers for scholarships and even won some national awards, I decided to go back, by myself, to Peru.

It wasnt long until my mother came along, she wouldnt let me by myself, since it was dangerous for me. I kept on studing french (three years in high school werent enough, I wanted more)and also kept on taking classes for enginiering (I had taken Engeniering I and II with technical drawing at H.S.) so I took Autocad 3D at the Pontificia Universidad La Catolica del Peru; and at the same time, while in the mornings I was working, I went to the institute of art and design Instituto Peruano de Arte y Diseño (IPAD), and took there design classes like Photoshop, Corel Draw, Indesign, 3D Max.

In Peru I also took sculpture, acting classes, and even clown, as well as other art related shot-term classes. All this while working in different companies and places, and living in diferent places.

Spanish, English, French, those were not enough, I wanted to learn Chinese(my best friend is Chinese, but she lives in USA), so I studied in the Centro Cultural Beijing (I still have a long way to go with chinese, but currently I can´t, since I moved once more). Thanks to my dad, since I was a little baby he taught me some Czech, I can understand it, at least when he speaks, I´m planning to go to Czech Republic to put it into practice.

In Peru, I made a little business with my dad, kiyary S.A.C. was all about cards and handmade crafts, I plan to keep it up, but for now it is in stand-by.

Like my family (since I was just one y.o.) used to move a lot for my dad´s work and even my mom´s; I had learn that the more you move, the more you learn; different cultures and different people and societies open up your mind to new ways to see the world.

My homeland wasnt enough for me, I wanted to study Art in Europe, so, thanks to my uncle and aunt in Spain (Liliana and Carlos Palomino)I was able to travel there, to Madrid,and it seems that I will stay here for a while (5 years or so?), until, once more, I feel that need for more knowledge, and, as usual, I wont be afraid to look for it.

--kiyary. 18:29, 1 February 2010 (UTC)