Meet Our Students

Meet Anna from France. She is 15 yrs old and loves to go to school. Her favorite subjects are Math, science and biology. She is a social person but also likes to be reserved and spend time reading, listening to music and watching shows. She lives with her parents and brother who love traveling as a family and exploring new cultures. Her friends are like her family and love spending time with each other on weekends. She values her friends and family a lot. Her purpose to come to the United States of America is to enhance her English language skills and create lifelong memories to take back with her to France. Anna is ready to meet her new host family and discover the American culture.

Meet Ofelya, a winner of the prestigious FLEX scholarship. She is an open-minded and curious girl, full of energy, who loves to be surrounded by family, friends and positive people. She is sixteen years old and lives in a small town in the central part of Armenia. Her town is small, but it's full of kind and polite people, who love to smile. Ofelya has many interests, such as reading books, drawing, singing, crafting something and even writing songs. She is passionate about her Wiki club where she writes and translates news articles. She aspires to benefit humanity, to leave her mark, to be someone's inspiration and make this world better. She wants you to know that she is really looking forward to meeting and becoming a part of your family. She hopes to tell you everything about her culture and country. Ester hopes to gain an unforgettable experience from her exchange year. She wants to say thank you for reading her letter and choosing her to be part of your family.

My name is Vittorio, I am 15 years old and I came from Italy. I live in a little village. It is a well-known village thanks to its history and food. As a matter of fact, Napoleon came here in order to sign an important peace treaty. But the most curious aspect about my village is the typical dish: everyone here loves snails! Actually, I do not like them at all. I live with my parents and my brother in a quite big house: we have got a big garden where my dogs run and play all day long. I attend a special high school that specializes in physics and automotive mechanics. I really enjoy my high school. I play soccer with my team Cheraschese three times a week. Spending time with my team is very fun and now we are happy because we are the first team in our rank. Another sport that I practice less often is skiing, because I have a lot of fun and you can see a beautiful landscape. One of my hobbies is cooking Italian dishes, and especially cakes. I will cook some Italian dishes for my host family so that you will now a little bit of my culture as well. This is why you should host me so I can cook all these amazing foods. I’m very reliable: everybody can count on me. I am very spontaneous and friendly. I am also ambitious and I never give up: this is the reason why I have never had any doubts about this experience. I really enjoy traveling and I would like to discover new peoples and their cultures

My personality is sunny, social, and I like to do and discover new things and I am super excited and happy to discover what kids of my age are doing on the other side of the world compared to what we do in Italy. Since I was little I have always practiced sports such as swimming, volleyball and dance but now I’m focusing on tennis and I’m playing at a competitive level. I also love to ski, this is a passion that I practice with my father and each winter we always find some time to spend together at the mountains.

Meet Beatrice from a town in Northern Italy. She is 16 years old and enjoys traveling, sport, and amusement parks. She is an only child and has been lucky to travel with both her parents. Her dad loves scuba and the sea and she has been on over sixty dives with him. Her mom is a skier and they stay in the mountains each year to hit the slopes. Beatrice loves to study math, science, Latin and Greek. She loves to play tennis and has played for the past six years. She cannot wait to learn about a new culture and hopes to share a bit about hers as well. She looks forward to learn more about the traditions and holidays in the US.

One of my biggest dreams is an exchange year in the USA. I am excited to meet you and learn about your country and culture. I have recently started playing the piano and guitar. I really enjoy the music. On my free time, I enjoy skateboarding with my friends, programming and making digital art. I also enjoy athletics. On holidays or weekends my family likes to go camping and canoeing. I also like winter activities like snowboarding. My favorite subject in school is geography. Thank you for considering me as your exchange student. I look forward to meeting you.

Malt is an energetic student who loves to do many things like traveling and exploring the world. She loves music, her favorites are pop, R&B, K-pop, and Western songs, and she loves going to concerts so much. She comes from a family of four and has a pet cat. She loves animals but it is okay if you have no pets too. She really looks up to her mother who she calls her idol because of her positive attitude. She and her family like to cook and bake. Malt loves to bake desserts, while her mother cooks the food. One of her favorites is Bualoi it’s made from flour and made into a circle shape, and you eat it with coconut milk. She and her family sometimes volunteer to make food to share with people in the temple which makes her happy. She would like to learn to cook some America recipes such as apple pie, meatloaf, or New York Cheesecake so she can serve in the cafe she would like to open in the future. She wants to be an exchange student in the United States because there are a lot of natural attractions ad finds America people to be amazing, funny, friendly, and warm hearted. For this reason, she would love to know you.

Meet Lola from France. She lives with her parents during the weekends as she is a boarder in her school. She is very passionate about pets and animals and practices horse riding professionally. Her best friends share the same interest of horse riding, and she enjoys taking care of horses too. Lola enjoys playing badminton with her mother and is always active. Her goal is to experience America and the wide possibilities. She would also like to improve her English-speaking skills that could help her graduate in her desired field of interest. She likes to adapt herself to a new environment and blend in with new cultures and traditions. Lola is ready to meet her new host family and learn from you.

My name is Chiara, I am fourteen years old. I have friends at high school who I like to spend time with during the weekend. It's interesting to discover each one point of view and to share ideas. I practice judo and box twice a week with my best friend. I have also practiced rhythmic gymnastics for 9 years at a competition level but wanted to discover other sports this year. I love to draw and to read books. I like best history, chemics and math. I also like to learn foreign languages. I am really excited to come to see you and discover a new way of life in a completely different environment, a new continent and share all of this experience with a new family. I really hope that I will be able to come into your family and share this experience with all of you, which I am sure will be unforgettable.

Meet Isotta a student from Italy. She lives with her parents, older brother and pet dog. She loves her pet dog a lot. Her parents come from an architectural background hence she loves art, interiors and traveling around to experience different type of structures and architect. She is very active and loves to play tennis and practice running. Isotta also loves skiing during the winters. She would love to join writing and poem clubs during her time in America as she enjoys this art and wants to get better at it. She is excited to explore the ma y possibilities in America and meet her new host family.