I was appointed Honorary Consul for El Salvador in Utah in 2002. This post only ends if I resigned or if I move from the State of Utah. Since I moved to the Dominica Republic in 2010 I am no longer acting as the Honorary Consul.
I miss not being involved with my Salvadoran community because as ironic as this is, now is when I could have more time to dedicate for the job. I never got a dime doing it but, I worked hard as if I did. Those years marked a time in my life of a very painful divorce.
In that picture I went alone to Las Vegas to attend a dinner with the Consul General Oscar Benavides and Margarita Escobar, the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.
I don't know if it was a mistake being away from my family, doing too many things at a time, but I only have the consolation that my ex husband supported what I did and wrote this about me "Veronica works untold hours and has spent thousand of dollars of her own money for the benefit of the Salvadoran Community since her appointment. She is just as comfortable in an ambassadorial role while representing the Utah Community in presence of the Governor and foreign dignitaries as she is in finding critical public resources for the unemployed single mother. she gets calls at all hours of the day from desperate needy women..." That was true, I got very involved helping people because it made me feel good but I probably neglected myself and the needs of my family. A lesson that I learned the hard way is that there is a time and place and a season for everything. Don't try doing it ALL at once!
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