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Gentry Allen

2012-13 Outbound to Taiwan

Hometown: Gainesville, FL

School: P.K. Yonge High School

Sponsor: District 6970, FL

Host: District TBA, Taiwan

Gentry's Bio

Hello! My name is Gentry Allen. I am incredibly excited to be going to TAIWAN! The next year, I look forward to making life long memories and learn many new things! Becoming an exchange student is the most exciting thing that I have ever done. Here is a little about my self:

I live in Gainesville, which is located in the state of Florida and home of the University of Florida, the Fighting Gators! I live with my mom, dad and younger sister, Brooke (15). I am a second generation rotary exchange student. My mom, when she was 18, went with Rotary to Germany! My family and I like to spend a lot of time in our backyard cooking in our outdoor kitchen. I have my own car, a white VW bug. I attend P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, it is a Kindergarten through 12th grade school. It is a small school and I attend the performing arts magnet program.

Since I was 3 years old, I have been taking dance classes. I have trained in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop and clogging. I take classes 2-3 days a week, then I have Dance Company rehearsals on Sundays. In the semi professional dance company, I am in Triple Corps the highest level of the company. I participate in a full length ballet in the winter, then a contemporary jazz show in the spring and this June, at the annual recital, I will have a senior solo.

For fun, I love to go to the movies with my friends! I also really enjoy going to the University of Florida football games. Living in Florida gives me access to lots of outside activities with water. My family enjoys boating activities from boating on a lake or the ocean! I enjoy water sports like wakeboarding and intertubing, and I love taking my friends with me.

For the past three years, my family has had the wonderful opportunity to host three rotary exchange students. Belen, Teresa and Aidana have all really inspired me to pursue the Rotary exchange program. I love all three of them and consider them my sisters. Learning a second language and becoming bi-lingual and bi-cultural, is one the most beneficial things I could experience. I know the year ahead is to be tough, but it’s going to be filled with amazing experiences! Thank you so much Rotary, I can’t wait for Taiwan!