A Salvadoran teenager has shared his journey after completing El Salvador’s Bitcoin diploma program, Mi Primer Bitcoin — my first Bitcoin. Now, Gerardo Moran has returned to his former high school to educate the teachers about Bitcoin (BTC).
In a series of tweets on July 8, the 18-year-old revealed that Mi Primer Bitcoin, backed by El Salvador’s Ministry of Education, allowed him to leave behind his life in construction, “earning 6 dollars a day.”
Hi, my name is Gerardo Moran.
I’m a 18 year old salvadorian who just came out from high school, where I had the chance to graduate from @MyfirstBitcoin_ #BitcoinDiploma.
Now I’m a teacher myself
Here’s my story pic.twitter.com/9pUgLlYIBT
— GerardoMPB (@gerardomoran414) July 7, 2023
Moran revealed that he has been working since he was 11, mainly in construction and tourism, and could never wrap his head around how Salvadoran citizens worked so hard for little reward.
“I’ve tried to reason why people in my country worked so much for so little money” Moran stated on Twitter, adding that he was working for not much money at all:
“Earning 6 dollars a day doing construction wasn’t feasible for me anymore, so I quit without knowing there was an opportunity ahead”.
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Moran explained that his school put out a call for students interested in taking the B
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