About Me

Hello my name is Andres, I was born in Barcelona Spain and at the age of five began my crazy little story. My father’s company began to grow and it drove us to relocating in Medellin Colombia, the next few years were spent traveling back to Spain for boarding school and summers in the very different Colombia with my parents. This continued up to the age of ten when a little more traveling came into play, our family would be once more relocated to here in Massachusetts. 

This was a very drastic language and cultural change, people acted different, things looked different and of course people spoke in an unfamiliar language. I had taken English classes attending boarding school, but saying I was fluent would have been a complete stretch. After some short time I became to fall in love with this place, everything from the diversity to the geographical aspects fascinated me, and soon enough it absolutely felt like home. 

The big change in my life happened on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the US. Although I was very young, the incidents that occurred that day strongly touched me and installed a sense of duty and responsibility in my heart. Some years later on the summer of 2008 I enlisted in the United States Marines and began my four years of duty, in those four years my traveling continued, I spent most of my time in South East Asia fighting the war on terrorism and supporting aid to the natives who suffer because of the war.

Those four years challenged me, it helped me see the world and life from a different perspective, but the greatest thing it did its it helped me see life from other people’s eyes, furthermore helping me appreciate my own life, and drive me to help those in need. I currently am studying political science in the pursuit of a career in foreign relations with the department of defense, and not only continue fighting the war on terrorism, but as well as give aid to those in need.