When she was 6 years old, teacher Maryam El Hamidi (Tangier, 1994) experienced firsthand the hardship that her students have more recently gone through. With her mother and sister, they came to live in Castelló d’Empúries to reunite with their father in the year 2000. "In the schools where I have worked, they see me as a mirror. Especially women, they see a role model. Maybe I haven't gone through the same circumstances as them, but I know their needs. I give them confidence and motivation. If the path is long, I make it shorter," assures El Hamidi.