Life and Work with Zulema Maria Bossa Jattin

Today we’d like to introduce you to Zulema Maria Bossa Jattin.

Zulema Maria, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I grew up with my mother who’s a politician in Colombia and people always recognized me due to her, but I wanted more, I wanted to be known for who I am and for what I do as Zulema Bossa, not as my mother.

Therefore, at the young age of four, I asked my mom to open me up to an Instagram account where people could discover who I really was. I remember that the first thing we posted on my account was a picture about Monster High, I wanted for people to know what I liked and at the moment I was obsessed with it.

Throughout the years, I continued posting what I loved without even noticing that the account was public.

Four years later, I already had around 1500 followers by just posting about me and what I loved, showing who Zulema really was. Nowadays that I think about it, it’s impressive how a bunch of people around the globe began following a young 8-year-old girl who was posting mostly a bunch of random stuff.

At the age of 10 continuing to pursue my dream, I began following several Instagram trends such as Tumblr pictures, showing my daily life, Instagram stories and I even tried being YouTuber for a brief moment.

Now, two years later, I already have almost 3,000 followers that have been following my dream to become known for who I am. Recently, I’ve been re-doing my Instagram with more we could say somewhat more “professional” pictures showing me and my daily life.

Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
It’s been quite a tough road, as I told before, I’ve been always trying to pursue my dream of being known by others as me, not as my mother’s kid.

I’ve always believed, if you have a dream it’ll not be a fast nor easy path if you really want to reach there. You got to fight.

The toughest thing has been and I think any woman will agree is being harassed by men of any age even being just 12 years old as I am currently.

To all those young girls out there, I give you one advice that may sound somewhat as a cliché but fight for what you want to achieve if it either is being a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer or even a president, just be strong.

Please tell us about your business.
As I’ve said lately, I’ve been trying to make better quality pictures about me and my lifestyle in Instagram showing who I am. I try to be a role model for the younger ones as I personally think that we live to help others and that’s my way on helping them.

There’s a wealth of academic research that suggests that a lack of mentors and networking opportunities for women has materially affected the number of women in leadership roles. Smart organizations and industry leaders are working to change this, but in the meantime, do you have any advice for finding a mentor and building a network?
Personally, I do recommend for people to get a mentor it’ll help them focus on what they really need to do to achieve what they want. Personally, I’ve used my friends as guidance telling me what to do and what not, mainly my three biggest mentors are my friends Alexandra, Felipe, and Sebastian, this last one actually knows a lot about how people work and what they want, he even wants to be a politician because of it, without them, I wouldn’t be here

Contact Info:

• Email: cuqui890000@gmail.com
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/zulemabossajattin?igshid=xolty5zp2dwi
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011642139398

Image Credit:
Felipe Navarrete, Sebastián Quiroga, Brayan Mangones, Alexandra Edrei

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