When Catalina Laverde was 18, she arrived in the U.S. with $200, one suitcase, and zero knowledge of the English language—but she was on a mission to pursue a better education. She's now a senior software engineer at Spotify who believes that challenges—like the ones she faced!—are what make us who we are.

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