Luz de Maria Wears her Life Guard Uniform with Passion and Great Pride

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Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- Luz de Maria Ornelas Montiel is a fifteen year old high school student, who, six months ago began working during her free time, as a Life Guard volunteer in Puerto Vallarta.

There are 30 young students who, the same as Luz de Maria work as volunteers with Municipal Civil Protection and Firefighters Coordination. Luz de Maria is the only girl in the Life Guard field, and she works hard and does her best everyday in order to get qualified as such.

As a little girl, Luz Maria use to imagine herself working in the rescue field. Her passion has always been to serve and help others; this is the kind of work that she loves and makes her feel proud of her; therefore, as soon as she had the opportunity and got her parents approval, she registered as volunteer at the Fire Station.

Ornelas Montiel has participated in several training courses; one of them for life guards, given by Jose Palacios. This training revived her passion for this kind of work.

Her work as a volunteer consists on helping the lifeguards in their endless routine at the beach, and in their rescue drills, providing them with the necessary tools for their maneuvers and being in charge of radio communication.

“There are neither limits nor complications if you really like what you do. I go to school every day, and take advantage of my free time to come and work as a volunteer. This is something that satisfies and motivates me every single day”, says the teenager.

She realizes that the work done by the rescuers is not at all easy. “It requires discipline and a great commitment to your co-workers and to yourself. It is not that simple; we need to prepare ourselves every day and give the best of us, because the safety of the persons to be rescued and that of our partners doing the job, is on the line”, she said.

To Luz de Maria to be part of the Life guards group has been the best decision she could have ever made, it helps her personal development and, although she is planning on going to college, she will look for the opportunity to work in this field when she becomes of age.

The teen ager took the opportunity to send a message to the youth; “I want to tell all young people to participate in the training courses offered by Municipal Civil Protection and Firefighters Coordination, by doing that you will learn of the great work of this institution and will be motivated to be part of the team of rescuers who go out on the streets to help those who are in any danger”.

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