My name is Lya Katarina Paas Oliveros; I was born in Mexico, but I am also German and Colombian. After finishing my studies in Psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, I joined Neurasmus in summer 2016. Besides learning about the intriguing processes underlying the nervous system and about fancy neuroscientific techniques, this program has helped me to widen my neuroscientific family around the world.I joined the "Neurobiology and Neuropathology" track with the goal to learn about (f)MRI brain connectivity analysis in neurological and/or neuropsychiatric patients, but also in healthy people. The journey started at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, my second hometown. I already had experience living there for some months in previous years, but I was eager to go back to this amazing city. During the first year, I had lectures on basic neurobiology and neuropathophysiology. In parallel, I did two lab rotations to learn to perform patch clamp experiments and volumetric magnetic resonance imaging analysis.I decided to go to the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for my second year because they offer advanced courses in the Clinical Neuroscience track. Now, I am about to start my Internship in which I will analyze the association between synaptic and axonal immunohistochemistry and structural brain connectivity with DTI in the healthy aging brain.Having completed the Neurasmus master's program, I wish to continue my neuroscientific journey performing a Ph.D. in the field of clinical and/or cognitive neuroscience.