Meet Catalina Castaneda Nieto -- an exchange student from Columbia. Catalina is 17 years old and is currently staying with the Gilpin family. Catalina has one sister, Carolina, who is 14 years old. While she enjoys the people in America, she does miss her family, her pet cat, and the food in Colombia.Catalina came to the United States to work on English as her second language. When she has a little time off from her studies, she likes to go shopping. She also enjoys singing and is an accomplished artist. She prefers to draw Anime (an example is shown here). She says that it can sometimes be hard to make friends here--mainly because of the language barrier. She does enjoy watching videos and spending time with friends, though.
Her favorite American food? The corn dog, of course--because it doesn't even exist in Columbia. Can you imagine?
Take some time to get to know Catalina better--she's really friendly and bright! Maybe you could tutor her in English in exchange for her helping you with your Spanish...
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