Even though she was scared, she realized she had to keep trying to speak to people.

I think it was a change of mindset that happened out of, um, the need of surviving really, um, because I had already paid for my master's degree.

I was already here.

I was sort of like, I came home one day, and I was like, "I haven't done all of this," and i- you know, made, made the impossible happen, which was moving to this country, to then just keep my mouth shut because I'm scared of making mistakes.

So what is Pepa's advice for overcoming that nervousness that she felt when she first moved to the UK? Well, for her, it's all about practice.

But practice from a, from a playful kind of, um, starting point where you are, like, taking it as a challenge, as a game, as, like a, as a tryout.

Language shou- should be something flexible and fun, and, um, and it's quite courageous, I, I think, as well, so, um, pushing yourself to trying things rather than, um, waiting for things to be perfect.