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Alison Veneziano, a
Drifting, PA native, is taking part in Penn State Altoona's Mexico Summer Study
Abroad Program to Guanajuato, Mexico. She will spend four weeks total during May
and June studying Spanish and Mexican culture and history in Guanajuato. While
there, she will have the opportunity to experience the Mexican way of life by
living with a local family and being able to interact with the people of
Guanajuato. In addition, Alison will be able to visit other parts of Mexico by
participating in several fields trips to such locations as Mexico City.
| JUST THE FACTS... |
| Hometown: | Drifting, PA - It
is about an hour north of Altoona. It is very tiny; my high school was
made up of about 18 tiny towns like it |
| Major: | English and
Secondary Education - English Communication |
| Family: | I have a pretty
large family with lots of aunts, uncles and cousins. My immediate family
consists of a younger sister (16), an older sister (26), and a brother (28). |
| Pets: | Three dogs - Bristol,
Brandy, and Dolly Three cats - Yoda, Cuomo, and Raven (However, the cats go
by a variety of other names including Kitty)
My dad has insisted on getting ducks for our pond so we have six ducks
total and we call one of them Spot |
| Favorite Places I’ve Visited: |
Puerto Rico - I don't think I have ever seen an ocean so clear and blue.
I went there in high school for my cousin's wedding. His wife is from
Puerto Rico, and we got to meet her family and become familiar with the area
of the island they live in. |
| Hobbies: | Listening to music
of all kinds and reading are my two hobbies. And though I love music, I
still have never managed to learn how to play the guitar or any instrument
like it. I've got a harmonica, though, and play around with it a bit.
Other things I enjoy doing are: cooking and baking anything and everything,
acting in/helping out with theatrical productions, writing anything, whether
it be poetry, short stories, or just odd quotes people say when I'm hanging
out with them; watching movies with friends - preferably horror, satire, drama
films; and, of course, handing out with my friends at my older sister's house
(we usually sit around and sing songs while someone plays the guitar - good
times) |
| Favorite Movies: | I can
never narrow it down to just one movie so - some favorites are: The Last Waltz
(with The Band), Bob Dylan's No Direction Home, Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind, Cinema Paradiso, Ghost World, Benny and Joon, The Phantom of
the Opera, anything of the sort. |
| Work: | Now, while at Penn
State Altoona, I tutor at night at the Grier School for Girls to save money
for things like studying abroad. I'm hoping to get a job this summer
(after the Guanajuato trip) tutoring/counseling for the Upward Bound program
at St. Francis University. |
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