Ciao! My name is Kaley DellaSala. I was born in Florida and am
living in downtown Sanford. I am currently attending Seminole High School and am
in the 9th grade. I love school and education is very important to me, so I am
extremely happy to have the chance to study in Italy. I am so grateful for this
opportunity to be an exchange student and cannot wait to experience the Italian
life style and culture.
All my life, my dream was to go to Italy. All of my
relatives on my dad's side of the family are Italian and my great
grandparents were born there. Since I can remember, my family has shared the
tradition of cooking Italian food every Sunday and I have just recently
started learning how to cook. I love cooking and my favorite thing to make
is Manicotti and Marinara sauce.
I live with my Mom and Dad in the Historical part of
Sanford, near Orlando. I also have three pets, a cat and two dogs, who we
consider part of the family. We were also blessed to have an exchange
student staying with us this year named Linda. She is from Austria and I am
so happy to be her host sister. I love my life here in sunny Florida and
enjoy going to the beach and swimming in the ocean. I am open to trying new
things and will do just about anything no matter how different it is. I am a
bit picky when it comes to food. I call myself a fowl-o-fish-atarian which
means that I only eat fowl (birds) and fish. The reason I eat this way is
because I don't think it's right to kill animals, in particular, mammals. I
decided not to give up chicken and fish because those are my favorite foods
and I couldn't really go full vegetarian. I love trying new foods, as long
as they don't have red meat.
I love traveling and have been to many states in the U.S.
The only time I have been out of country is when I went to the Bahamas, so
Italy will be the furthest I’ve been away from home. I love music and used
to take piano and violin lessons when I was younger. I started playing the
guitar about a year ago and love learning new songs on it. I love listening
to music also and have my iPod with me just about everywhere I go. My
favorite things to do are shopping, hanging out with my friends, going on
the computer, dancing, swimming, learning new things, studying different
languages and cultures, watching American football and going to games, and
spending time with my family. I am always looking forward to doing new
things and, thanks to Rotary, I'm going on an adventure of a lifetime!
Italy, here I come! |