Manuela Pia Ortiz

I am a Caucasian-Latina and I identify heavily with both aspects. I grew up with three older half-sisters and one younger sister so women have also been prominent figures in my life. Although I tell myself I am outgoing, I'm rather reserved and can be found in local libraries or Barnes & Noble. I speak five languages, German, Spanish, English, Korean, and Japanese which I learned in that order. I wouldn't consider myself a master at all of the languages, but if I got lost in countries where those languages are spoken, I'd be pretty solid. I've been a dancer since the age of three, a soccer player since the age of six, and recently an ultimate frisbee player. I also like to think I'm active but I spend more time catching up on TV shows than anything else. I love learning, not necessary about school things, but about people, places, and things in general. My father is also a photographer so you can see me lugging around my old film camera, manually winding out the rolls of film and changing shutter speeds. I also run a blog about coffee shops throughout NYC even though tea is more my cup of tea (redundant, yikes). Overall, I'd consider myself quite diverse in my skills and interests which is very much represented in my character.