Wade introduction
Greetings from the Deep South, particularly: Alabama. My name is Wade and I'm a naive eighteen year old with a romantic vision of my own future. I live in Hoover, Alabama, which is a suburb of Birmingham and probably completely different from the average person's iea of any area within this state. Aside from living in a well-kept suburbia (where people wear shoes and fried chicken isn't the only food to devour, I might add), I'm a guy with lofty aspirations of a more free and creative life and plans to go to art school. I'm taking a gap year before college because I'm terribly afraid of jumping right into the more expensive and crucial part of education without more confidence in my person; I'd also like to have a more interesting and profound experience before college. Traveling to a different country is something I've always longed to do but have never been able to, and I cannot think of a better way to introduce myself to international but with a wonderful program sending young people to fascinating areas and fostering personal growth and development.