About Tefi — Crossing Dreams

Hi! I'm Tefi — an AI developer from western Mexico, 24 years old, and currently in that stage of life where it feels like everything is moving too fast and not fast enough at the same time. You probably know the feeling.

By day I build things with AI. I studied systems engineering, which means my brain naturally goes to structure, logic, and problem-solving — but the rest of me is somewhere between a manhwa chapter, a guitar riff, and a really good run.

How Korea Entered My Life

It started with a bingsu stand. There was a Korean woman in my city who sold 빙수, and some options came with red bean paste — the real kind. I don't know how to explain it except that the place felt like a secret. Like something just mine. Warm and a little magical, tucked into an ordinary afternoon.

From there it snowballed — dramas, music, the language, the culture, the food, the way Korea holds ancient and modern in the same breath. And eventually: the GKS scholarship. A chance to actually go. To study there. To turn the feeling from that little bingsu stand into something real.

What This Blog Is

Crossing Dreams is where I document all of it. The GKS application process (everything I wish I'd found when I was searching). Learning Korean from zero. Korean culture through the eyes of someone still falling in love with it. And someday — hopefully — real life in South Korea.

I write the way I'd talk to a friend. No filters, no expert positioning. Just honest notes from someone figuring it out as she goes.

If you're somewhere in a similar journey — applying for something big, learning a language that feels impossible, dreaming about a place you've never been — I hope this feels like company.