Juliana Duran

2012-13 Outbound to Brazil

Hometown: Weston, FL

School: Cypress Bay High School

Sponsor: District 6990, FL

Host: District 4310, Brazil

Juliana's Bio

Olá! My name is Juliana Duran and I am eighteen years old. I was born in Bogota, Colombia but I only lived there for six years, then, I moved to Weston, Florida and I have lived there my whole life since. I am a senior at Cypress Bay High School, Cypress is a very large school, it holds about 5.400 students and in just the senior class we are about 1,000 students graduating. I am the second child of three, I have one older brother named Andres, he is 20 and lives in Orlando studying engineering at UCF, he tries to come down at least once a month. I also have one younger sister named Maria Alejandra, she is 16 and lives with at home, she is in High School as well. I live with my parents, my mom is a stay at home mom, her name is Claudia and my dad works at a company names Intcomex, his name is Bruno. My world revolves around them, i do everything possible to make them proud. I am a very optimistic girl, I like to see the bright side of every situation. I am also very out going and love meeting new people, I love talking to new people as long as they give me feed back. In my free time I really enjoy going out with friends, we usually go to a friends house and have fun over there. I dedicate a time of my day to the gym, I go at least two hours Monday-Friday, I also really enjoy dancing, I dance when ever i get the chance, if it were up to me I would dance 24 hours straight! My plans for the future are to have an unforgettable year in Brazil. My expectations are to expand my views of the world, I hope to see the world in a new perspective after my exchange. I also hope to grow as a person, to mature, to be more independent, to travel and lastly, to explore and learn a new culture.

Juliana- Outbound to Brazil