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 “When I was allowing myself to be affected by unfounded negative comments, I said to myself, ‘No — I love myself.’”

 “It’s all worth it if I can change someone who is facing a problem,” she said. “If I can make them smile.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/world/americas/mexico-tiktok-journalist-izquierdo.html