こんにちは、私の名前はキーガンです(Hello my name is Keegan)。 I have just turned 18 this November and I will be living a year abroad in Japan through the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. I live in Bonita springs Florida, a small town between Fort Myers and Naples. I am an only child and live with my mother and her boyfriend and attend Estero High School as a senior this year. My spare time involves a lot of different activities such as reading, writing, running, soccer, acting, singing, painting, dancing, debating, swimming and volunteering. Of all of these, my main hobby is reading or learning in general, reading takes up any idle time I have in my day. I hope one day to learn as much as I can, so one day I may become an activist or world leader who fights for peace, justice and equality for everyone. I feel extremely special to be going to Japan, it's culture and tradition have been a subject of interest to me years before I ever knew about the Rotary and this program. Luckily for me I love sea food as well as fishing, I know 3 different varieties of martial arts and I'm a Buddhist. So I think I'll fit in pretty well except for the language. I cant wait, it all seem too unreal. I first heard about the Rotary Youth Exchange Program through interact club at my school (to which I am the vice president of now) and they got me interested in S4TL (a leadership camp for 2 weeks in central Florida) there I met Henry Bird and his wife to which I cant thank enough for setting me on this path that led me here right now! So here I am now, going to Japan. my only wish is I hope to push even farther past this moment and the moments to come. In a gentle way, you can shake the world- Mohandas Gandhi. Con spirito, Keegan Costello. |