Perseverance, tenacity and the support of the family is the main engine to move forward in her military life.
At home, Angelica Hurtado Camargo is a mother, daughter, friend and life partner, but in the National Army she is the sergeant Hurtado, one of the first women who in 2005 began her training process at the Sergeant Inocencio Chincá Non-Commissioned Officer School, becoming an example of responsibility, perseverance and love for the camouflage uniform and her family.
When Angelica arrived at the institution, she came from a beautiful family made up of three generations of brave and courageous women, first of all her mother, who with example, love, understanding and accompaniment, led her to make her dream come true by entering the Non-Commissioned Officers School. Later, her daughter Laura, who since she came into her life has been her maximum motivation, and, of course, herself, Angelica, a technologist who grew up in a military family, because her father was in the same way a non-commissioned officer in the Army. With the time, the family grew and another woman arrived, Mariana, her niece, who with only nine months of life became the perfect complement.
Angelica talks about her main motivation, her daughters and her mother. For them all the sacrifices are worth it, because when she gets up at four in the morning to organize her daughters' day and her work, she feels very proud of those two little people that God gave her (Laura and Mariana). They, like her mom, inspire her. When she looks at them, any fatigue goes away and the energies come to continue fighting as a mother and as a military woman. “I want them to feel very proud of who I am at home and at the office.”
Today, after 18 years at the institution, the sergeant makes a stop along the way, and being the first woman to hold the position of aircraft inspector of the National Army, she looks back, and remembers each of the sacrifices she had to make as a mother to be able to get to this place. She is proud of everything she has achieved in her life and for the well-being of her family.
Being able to see her daughters grow up and having brought Laura, who is already 18 years old, and Mariana, who she considers her daughter instead of her niece, fills her heart with happiness and gratitude to life, because those girls became accomplices and partners, who have helped her grow as a mother and military. With them she learned that it is worth fighting, getting up early and staying up late, and that this routine makes her a reference for military women and for her family.
Being a mom is a responsibility that moves and motivates, but being a working mom is to understand that the role at the end of the day is twofold, which means that she must ensure not only compliance with her job, but in the same way with her family.
Happy day Mom!
