o First five years in New Jersey  Twelve years in Guatemala Back in the US

o I was born in Newton, New Jersey (Northwest) on November 7, o Born of a Ecuadorian mother and Guatemalan father that met in NY. o I lived there for these first 5 years. o Attended the local St. Joseph’s elementary school. o At the age of 5 my father decided we were moving to his homeland, Guatemala.

 Guatemala is located in Central America, bordering Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.  The southwest coast rests along the Pacific Ocean, and the eastern shores nestle into the Gulf of Honduras between Honduras and Belize.  Guatemala is about a country about the size of Tennessee.

I lived in a small Town called El Progreso, Jutiapa.

Driving into El Progreso through the Calzada el Bosque.

Climbed el Cerro de Suchitan (6699 ft) in September of “La Piedrona”

I moved back to New Jersey literally the day after I graduated form High School in Guatemala (2006). I left the country without telling anyone at all that I was leaving to probably never come back (personal reasons). Even though I was coming back home, I left the world as I knew it for the last 12 years behind. It was without a doubt, one of the hardest and saddest moments of my life so far.

I am currently studying at King’s College, in pursuit of a Spanish Major and a Mass Communications minor.