Although she is the youngest of three siblings, she has never been a spoiled child. When she says it, she laughs and looks at her mother, next to her, who -with pride in her eyes- runs her hand through the hair of her 29-year-old daughter, who became independent at a very early age, when she went on scholarship to the National School of Gymnastics; today, she is the pride of the family because she is the youngest so that the others do not get jealous.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- And she, Danielys Tejeda Salinas, looks at the camera with her big eyes, confesses that she feels like crying when she talks about her family, and wipes a tear that ventures to run down her cheek. But she recovers and assures that her family is very close-knit and everything she is, she owes to their unconditional support.

"Otherwise, it would be difficult for me. Because even with my independence, since I was a teenager, I couldn't handle my responsibilities if I didn't have my parents, my husband, who supports me in everything I do."

Graduated as a hydrographic engineer and geodesist with a master's degree in Geomatics, Dianelys is a specialist at the Provincial Office of Hydrography and Geodesy in Las Tunas, a very broad and complex work, with many areas and entities involved, to which she dedicates long hours from home, teleworking.

She is also a professor of Hydrography and Means of Maritime Signaling in the Department of Geography at the University of Las Tunas; and in the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), she works as an activist to assist young people disconnected from study and work and people in vulnerable situations, in Block 77-A, Delegation 1, of the Aguilera distribution, her place of residence.

"To all this, we have to add the most difficult mission, I think the care and education of my son Cristian, 4 years old, who when he arrives from the circle holding his father's hand, the tranquility of the house ends; and he doesn't let me work anymore, because first he tells me everything he learned and what he did and then I have to lend him the computer for a while so he can play. But it's nice," she says, and lights up the house again with her laughter, while she hugs her unruly little boy.

A good part of her free time is devoted to the work of the FMC. "It's a constant, systematic work, it's not of a specific moment. I have to take care of the unattached youth, which is difficult because it is an act of convincing, of helping to find a solution to each case, in addition to the vulnerable people who need others every day.

"This is an interagency work, linked to the FMC (in Spanish), with an impact because through the studies we do we can identify vulnerable cases, young people who need help. We are also aware of and act on the facts of domestic violence, prostrate people, how they are treated by caregivers."

Dianelys is an example of today's young Cuban women, of women empowered in their social environment. Every day she gives lessons of sacrifice and dedication in the different facets of her life. And although the days become short because of so many tasks to be done, when she finally goes to bed to rest, before going to sleep she reviews the day and writes down in her mind what she did and what is left for tomorrow, from the point of departure to the point of arrival, so as not to leave any loose end and to fulfill each of her responsibilities.