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About me

Gender	Female
Industry	Student
Occupation	unofficial teacher for blind people, hope to make that official in the next two years
Location	pennsylvania
Introduction	I was born in Paraguay and adopted when I was six-months-old. I majored in journalism and focused on editing and writing I was copy editor for Spectrum, one of the nation's top 20 university-produced publications. I also majored in Sociology, writing about social problems for the Voice, the Bloomsburg University newspaper. I spent time in Guatemala with a group of at-risk youth, talking to them about their lives and culture. I was also politically active, lobbying Congress with the National Federation of the Blind for voting rights and accessible textbooks. I enjoy hiking, reading, dog training, and horseback riding. The environment is important to me, and I try to reduce my carbon footprint however I can. I want to be a teacher for blind students, helping them learn Braille, technology, and other daily living skills.
Interests	adoption issues, assistance dogs, assistive technology, blindness, books, Braille, christianity, clicker training, foreign languages, <a href="http://www.guidedogs.com/">GDB</a>, guide dogs, horseback riding, justice, LGBT, musicals, reading, religion, research, sociology, Spanish, technology, travel, writing
Favorite Movies	A Walk to Remember, Hairspray, Homeward Bound, Knocked Up, Legally Blonde I, Legally Blonde II, Miss Congeniality, Miss Congeniality II, Mrs. doutbfire, Remember the Titans, Rent, The Sixth Sense
Favorite Books	The Alice Series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Belonging by Deborah Kent, Bloomability by Sharon Creech, Catherine Anderson, Chicken Soup series, First Born by Karen Kingsbury, Gravity by Tess Gerritsen, The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter, Light a Single Candle by Beverly Butler, Lurlene Mcdaniel, Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Sierra Jensen and sisterchicks series by Robin Jones Gunn, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson