My name is Blake Parkinson and I'm a sophomore at Stanford (potentially) majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Spanish. I'm from Seattle so I'll be flying out from there but I think I might be on the same flight from LA as some of you guys. I really enjoy learning languages, and while I studied Japanese in high school I took up Spanish at Stanford my freshman year. Needless to say Spanish has become one of my major interests. I also really like teaching. I spent last summer at home in Seattle working with bilingual elementary school kids and I also do one-on-one ESL tutoring at Stanford during the year. I'm really looking forward to getting down to Mexico, not just for the language emersion and cultural experience but also for the challenges of teaching a whole class.
Outside of school, I love hiking and backpacking, and playing recreational sports like ultimate frisbee and basketball. Another interest of mine is photography, and I'm hoping to get an Arts Grant from my school so that I can do a photo project in Mexico. I also play the bagpipes competitively, and will be missing the main competition season this summer to be down in Mexico.
Anyway, that's enough about me. I'm really looking forward to meeting all of you and wish everyone safe travels to Mazatlán.
-Blake
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