Bonjour! My name is Mallory and I am from St. Augustine. I was born and raised in Florida, as was most of my family, and the farthest I’ve ever traveled from the United States is to Mexico. I come from a blended family which includes my dad, Brian, my step mom, Jessica and siblings of all varieties: Madison, Mayson, Logan and Laney. I also spend much time with my mom, Kelly, who would just love to come to Europe along with me. I go to Saint Augustine High School and am enrolled in the AICE program, as well as the St. Johns County Center for the Arts. I do a lot of singing, acting, and crafting in my free time. I also go to the beach and spend time with my friends and family. Fashion and movies are two of my big interests, so I can’t wait to be introduced to an entire new spectrum of ways to dress and actors to watch. It has always been a dream of mine to travel and live in “fairy tale like” Europe as well as speak the ever-so-romantic French language; Rotary was the perfect opportunity for me to accomplish both. Rotary has already brought me to so many new friends and activities and I’m still only in St. Johns County. I am beside myself with excitement to find other new people and places to interact with next year. Since my acceptance into the Rotary program, I have been counting the days until I will be immersed into the European culture of Belgique and gain a plethora of new experiences and a wider scope of the world around me. I’m so thankful to the Rotary program and I will try my very best to be a be a model American and alter negative stigma those I meet may have. |