{"id":13324,"date":"2026-02-04T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iibayarea.local\/historias-del-iiba-bala\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T01:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:46:55","slug":"historias-del-iiba-bala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iibayarea.org\/es\/immigrant-voices-es\/historias-del-iiba-bala\/","title":{"rendered":"historias del iiba: BALA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>El Instituto de Inmigraci\u00f3n del \u00c1rea de la Bah\u00eda (IIBA) ha lanzado una campa\u00f1a -llamada <strong>I&#8217;M IIBA-<\/strong> que ensalza lo que sabemos que es el verdadero car\u00e1cter y las contribuciones positivas de los inmigrantes del \u00c1rea de la Bah\u00eda. Esta semana destacamos la inspiradora historia de Bala, dedicada colaboradora del IIBA y actual Vicepresidenta del Consejo de Administraci\u00f3n del IIBA. <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CONOCE A BALA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iibayarea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bala-Horizontal23-1024x344.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13298\" style=\"width:802px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SOY <strong>BALA<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Nac\u00ed y crec\u00ed en Madr\u00e1s (ahora Chennai), India. La mayor\u00eda de mis parientes viv\u00edan en Chennai y sus alrededores. Mis padres eran bachilleres y me animaron a seguir estudiando para tener una vida mejor. Me licenci\u00e9 en Ingenier\u00eda Qu\u00edmica y trabaj\u00e9 durante unos cinco a\u00f1os. Mis visitas peri\u00f3dicas a los Servicios de Informaci\u00f3n de Estados Unidos (USIS) en el Consulado estadounidense me hicieron tomar conciencia de las oportunidades de mejorar mi potencial.      <\/p>\n\n<p>Recuerdo claramente mi pasi\u00f3n y entusiasmo al seguir el programa del Transbordador Espacial, que me demostr\u00f3 que todo era posible. Con esa idea en mente, solicit\u00e9 y obtuve un visado para cursar mi M\u00e1ster en Ingenier\u00eda Qu\u00edmica en Estados Unidos. El recuerdo de que me sellaran el visado sigue grabado v\u00edvidamente en mi memoria. Estaba dispuesta a recorrer medio mundo en una aventura y crear un camino por mi cuenta. Hab\u00eda una inquietud inherente, pues no conoc\u00eda a nadie y me preocupaba hasta qu\u00e9 punto podr\u00eda encajar.    <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SOY <strong><strong>INMIGRANTE<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Mis primeros d\u00edas fueron dif\u00edciles personalmente. Me estaba adaptando al modo de vida estadounidense y ten\u00eda mucho que estudiar. Hab\u00eda trabajado unos cinco a\u00f1os en la India y volver a la universidad fue m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil de lo que imaginaba. Mi mentor y gu\u00eda en la universidad fue un regalo del cielo y me asent\u00e9 en el nuevo entorno lenta pero constantemente.     <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iibayarea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/22da688f-4446-4079-a952-7a9f4c5bb894-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13291\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6475773222761174;width:210px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Muy pronto consegu\u00ed una plaza de Ayudante de Investigaci\u00f3n y tambi\u00e9n pude permitirme un coche. Consegu\u00ed un trabajo en Tennessee y convert\u00ed mi visado de estudiante en un permiso de trabajo, y m\u00e1s tarde obtuve mi tarjeta de residente permanente. Mis temores iniciales sobre la asimilaci\u00f3n a la vida estadounidense se desvanecieron r\u00e1pidamente gracias a la amabilidad mostrada por mis compa\u00f1eros y todos los que me rodeaban. Mi inter\u00e9s por la m\u00fasica occidental mientras crec\u00eda en la India, junto con mi pasi\u00f3n por visitar lugares de inter\u00e9s hist\u00f3rico en Estados Unidos, tambi\u00e9n me ayudaron. Me hac\u00eda mucha ilusi\u00f3n ir a conciertos de rock de mis m\u00fasicos favoritos (como Bruce Springsteen, B.B. King, The Eagles&#8230;) y viajaba mucho por todo el pa\u00eds para experimentar el estilo de vida estadounidense.   <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>SOY DIRECTOR<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Tras trabajar en Tennessee en el \u00e1mbito nuclear y obtener mi MBA, me traslad\u00e9 a la Bah\u00eda de San Francisco para trabajar en an\u00e1lisis de mercado. Mis \u00e1reas de inter\u00e9s son los gases industriales y los fertilizantes. La empresa para la que trabajaba acab\u00f3 fusion\u00e1ndose con S&amp;P Global y ahora dirijo un equipo global que sigue estos mercados.  <br\/><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-4a0f4f5\" id=\"strong-strong-strong-strong-im-iiba-strong-strong-strong-strong\" data-block-id=\"4a0f4f5\"><style>.stk-4a0f4f5 {margin-bottom:6px !important;}<\/style><h3 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>SOY IIBA<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<p>Conoc\u00ed el IIBA a trav\u00e9s de mi trabajo. Tras formar parte de la Junta Directiva durante unos a\u00f1os, ahora tengo el honor de ser la Vicepresidenta de la Junta. Trabajar con el IIBA me ha ense\u00f1ado lo fundamental que es su servicio para la vida de los inmigrantes que necesitan integrarse en nuestra sociedad. Les ayuda a manejar los matices y entresijos del sistema de inmigraci\u00f3n y tambi\u00e9n asiste a quienes no pueden permitirse financiar sus solicitudes.   <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iibayarea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cc75b0f4-ee82-42e1-b9f9-4e8c2d755a15-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13292\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4483324375548075;width:518px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>En esta tierra de inmigrantes, es importante que instituciones como el IIBA conecten a los inmigrantes reci\u00e9n llegados con la sociedad y les comprometan a integrarse en la comunidad con la dignidad y el respeto que merecen.<\/p>\n\n<p>Siendo inmigrante y habiendo pasado por el proceso, me siento orgullosa de estar asociada al servicio tan leal que presta el IIBA.  <\/p>\n\n<p><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Instituto de Inmigraci\u00f3n del \u00c1rea de la Bah\u00eda (IIBA) ha lanzado una campa\u00f1a -llamada I&#8217;M IIBA- que ensalza lo que sabemos que es el verdadero car\u00e1cter y las contribuciones positivas de los inmigrantes del \u00c1rea de la Bah\u00eda. 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