Carmen Santiago Reyes, Spain

Name:  Carmen Santiago Heredia
 
Profession: Lawyer, European Roma and Travellers Forum national delegate
 
Country:  Spain
 
"When I was a child, the main problems Roma were facing in Spain were the access to education, housing, and employment. Now it is clear that the main problem we have to deal with is discrimination. I believe society has tendency to segregate those who are "different" and therefore the Roma. But I also believe that we, the Roma, have made tremendous efforts for adapting ourselves to the lifestyle of the societies in which we live, and therefore we do not consider ourselves as different".