Hello, my name is Daniel. Fortunately, I am an only child, and only need to share my space with parents and one particularly conceited cat. In addition, I’m very proud to be able to call myself a Colombian citizen thanks to my mom, who hails from Bogota, and a few of my early years spent there. I’m not legally Cuban and could never be due to my birthplace, but because of my dad, I do consider myself a Colombian-Cuban-American. Apart from nationalities, though, I have a great passion for soccer, even if my actual skill level at the sport doesn’t quite match up to my affection for it. This uneven relationship is likewise true for football and basketball, if only to a much lesser degree.
It is, then, very appropriate that the focal point of my summer was an adventure in Brazil and Argentina; two countries that (much to my Colombian chagrin) have historically dominated the game of soccer. The ten days or so that were spent thousands of miles south of Lexington were incredible, alluring, and undoubtedly not enough. Two separate trips to Florida and a visit from my cousin filled up the rest of the summer months very well, and because of that, I’d absolutely deem this last break from school one of the best.
Now that school has started, however, my concern is not Portuguese translations so much as AP classes and maintaining grade averages. Junior year has an infamous reputation as a difficult and stressful year, but so far, it seems manageable enough. Sometimes it seems like people preoccupy themselves with worry about this year so much that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Either way, I also plan to apply for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (again) and spend my senior year in Germany, thereby avoiding the tragedy that is AP Research.
My parent's credit cards suffer from being on this site: https://google.com/flights
A mural of Ayrton Senna in Sao Paulo:
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