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It was a land before time, where an astonishing individual was born, a girl… Just kidding, it was really just a third world country, where I was born and raised, until things beyond my control would change the course of my life forever.
Venezuela, a once rich country, turned to shreds by its corrupt government, is the place I called my home. At roughly 10 years of age, I began the adventure of immigration, and wouldn’t find complete peace until 15 years later when my citizenship to the United States of America would actually be approved.
            Within those 15 years, I have coursed through American cities, and through the connections and the encounters have managed to shape my life in a way I would have never even imagined as a child. First I lived in Miami, the closest place to the USA, as they call it. Everyone was from a different country, and we’d joke about how we hadn’t seen an American in weeks. There I learned the language, joined a quintessential American sport, cheerleading, and focused the rest of my attention on being an absolute smarty pants. Fast forward 10 years of president’s honor roll, national championship titles, and an almost seamless understanding of the English language, I moved to Boston to pursue higher education. There I studied theater production, but it wasn’t long before I started to wonder if I’d sold my soul to the devil by joining the theater, and before long I was gone.
Traded in my winter boots for a pair of flip flops, and adjusted my sails towards Sarasota FL. Here I discovered my passions as a hoop dancer, my talents as a designer, and a better understanding of what I truly want in my life. What’s to come is uncertain, but hopefully it’ll be a happily ever after for me.

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