sentences:  Carmen Isabel Carvajal Quesada was born on 15 January 1888 in San José, Costa Rica and attended the Superior School for Girls, graduating in 1904.She began working at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in 1906 as a novice, but decided religious life was not her calling, and instead began working as a teacher and writer.She started sending articles to newspapers such as "Diario de Costa Rica", "La Hora" and "La Tribuna"; and magazines like "Ariel", "Athenea" and "Pandemonium" and teaching throughout the country.