Laura, Spain: "I learned that listening to my heart meant listening to God"

I learned two lessons that changed my life. The first was that I discovered what it meant to pray. Listening to your own heart means listening to God, because God created you. He created your heart, He knows how it works, what will make it happy.

The second lesson was discovering my vocation: why I am in the world, the mark I want to leave on the world, the reason I'm here. I wanted my life to be a service by which many people could draw nearer to God, to be able to walk with many people and help them discover God in their work and ordinary life, just like I did. That’s how I discovered my vocation as a numerary of Opus Dei.

I wanted to express my creativity, communicate a message, and make people's lives better.

When choosing my professional path, I had three guiding insights: I knew I wanted to express my creativity, to communicate a message that could make a difference, and to make people’s lives better through my work.

The assistant numeraries have taught me so much. To me, they're people who have a special sensitivity for caring for people.

For a while, I worked in marketing. I enjoyed that job, but at a certain point I felt something was missing, something wasn’t right. I needed to work with and for people. That’s when the idea of the Administration of Opus Dei came to mind.