 Me
llamo Sara y ¡yo voy a España!
Every day now, this little rhyme plays itself over in my head. Hi, I’m Sara,
and I’m going to Spain! It still hasn’t quite sunk in that I’m having one of
my greatest dreams realized.
To give you some more background, my name is Sara Mahan. I’m seventeen years
old and I am currently a senior at St. John’s Academy. I live with my family
in St. Augustine, Florida. My father is a marine engineer and travels often,
my mother teaches first grade at my small school, and my brother is thirteen
years old and attends St. John’s as well. We also have two wonderful pets:
Cuddles, our cat; and Dolly, our dog.
I enjoy school, friends, playing music, dancing, and reading books. However,
my passion is studying foreign languages. Over the past three years I have
been trying to learn as much French and Spanish as I can! My goal is to
someday be multilingual in French and Spanish. I cannot thank Rotary enough
for giving me this wonderful opportunity to learn Spanish!
I’m falling in love with Spain and Spanish more and more every day. The
sounds of the Spanish language seem like music to me in the lilting poetry
of Pablo Neruda and the vibrant prose of Gabriel García Márquez. Even the
art of Picasso and Goya has a new and poignant significance to me. I am
going to be immersed in this language and this culture next year, and though
I know it will be difficult, I cannot wait to begin this new adventure and
seize this tremendous opportunity! Thank you so much Rotary! |
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