Hello, My Name Is...

Hello, my name is Paula Estefanía Ortiz Guerrero Aguilar Olaya Olarte Carrillo Forero. Whew, that's a mouthful. I still have to count sometimes to make sure I've said all of them. Well, anyways, enough about my name. I was born in Colombia, South America and have been in the states 8 years as of August 17th. Unfortunately, I don't go back to Colombia very often. My little sister is my best friend and we spend a whole lot of time together.

This is a picture of us in Monaco where I celebrated my fifteenth birthday. 

This summer I attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine and I absolutely loved it. It certainly made summer 2012 the best yet. I spent two weeks in Boston, meeting people from all around the world, going to hospitals, visiting medical schools, and exploring the field of medicine. It was absolutely amazing and I could talk about it for hours without end.
This school year I hope to be involved in more extra curricular activities and keep up with my grades.
I absolutely love to read. Although I wasn't six months old when I started reading, I did begin to read pretty early and since then I've loved books. Books fascinate me and I spend a lot of time reading.
I run 5 miles everyday. I run when I need to cool off. I run when I need to get away. I run when I'm happy, excited... Basically, I run a lot and I love it. It's a great feeling.
When I'm not running or reading (or doing homework) I am on Tumblr.
But yeah, that's me.