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Maria

Age

17

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Female

Nationality

Ecuadorian

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Volleyball
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Table Tennis/Ping Pong
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Cheerleading
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Travel/Road Trips
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Maria

's Letter

Hello host family, I am very excited to meet you. Since I was 8 years old, it has always been my dream and I have waited a long time for this day to be able to share with a culture, a new school, new friends. I know that it will be a little difficult at first to separate from my family. and friends but I know it's going to be a wonderful year I'm going to put my best attitude and I'm sure that you too are going to have many anectodes together host family, I consider myself someone very kind, happy, dreamer, athlete, studious, someone curious , educated, funny, understanding, empathetic, someone who likes to travel, etc. I am not perfect because perfection does not exist if I have flaws like I am a little complicated with food but I am still willing to try your favorite dishes and try new food. and I'm very scared of horror houses hahaha here's a storytime don't laugh too much at me hahaha one time we were in Canada we were walking and my sister caught her attention Dracula's horror house and she told me come on I said no but she convinced me to see her only at the beginning, from there I asked the person who sold the tickets but she is not very afraid and she told me if people touch you and she got into the role and told me who I know if you'll come out alive and I'm like a scared crying girl but my sister ended up convincing me to go in and I just went up the steps all there were mirrors I didn't know where to go and out came the Dracula I almost died he turned me back and I fell down the steps so quickly with my sister hahahaha and I left there crying. The best thing about me is that every day I want to be a better human being. I like to keep what I say, the word is very important to me. I am a very family-oriented girl, I have many things in common that I share with my parents, for example, my dad is always teaching me the new things that happen in the world about politics, presidents, climate change, wars, the reason for many things that I love to share. with my dad because they are things that he is passionate about and I learn a lot. And for example with my mom, she is my best friend, I tell her absolutely everything, we also like to play guess the song or guess words with mimics, watch movies together, bake cakes, go play sports together, shop together, and also gossip haha.Mine and my sister's relationship is super strong, we have a connection that just by looking at each other we understand each other. It's everything to me, despite being 7 years apart, we tell each other everything and we go out together, she is my travel companion. And what I always say, it doesn't matter where you go, what matters is the company.I want to go on an exchange because I want to explore how it is to be more independent and that my parents don't solve everything for me, to realize what real life is like without your parents, also because I want to know their culture, sports, customs, movies, and new people.

A little more about me

Languages

English (10+ years), Spanish (native)

Religion

Catholic

Do you have any allergies?

No

Allergies Description

Do you have any special dietary restrictions?

No

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Special Diet Details

Are you ok to live with pets?

Yes

Live with Pets Details

Program Length

Academic Year

Are you ok to live in a single parent household without children?

No

Are you ok with a placement with another exchange student?

Yes

Grants

About my family

Father's Occupation

Doctor

Mother's Occupation

Cosmetology

Siblings

Maria de los Angeles (24)

Sharing cultures and building communities with high school exchange.

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