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Arielle Violet

I was born in New York City and have lived there my whole life, until I graduated college. I grew up traveling to Europe every summer to see relatives, my mom is from Finland and my dad is from Greece. So I grew up learning that there was more to see in the world outside of New York. I always knew that when I had a chance, I wanted to leave and go explore this world. I studied Psychology for four years because it interested me, with no real intention of pursuing it further in grad school. Every summer in college I would visit Europe on my own, I made connections with friends, working or studying abroad, and slowly the list of countries I had visited grew. But with every place that I visited I realized that one of them had a special place in my heart, Greece. It was always part of who I was deeply. And even though my Greek language skills were (and still are) deeply lacking, I decided without a doubt, that after graduation I would move to Athens. To do this I had to save up some money, so I worked when I could, and ended up taking a job as an office manager at a small architecture firm, and I ended up loving it. Still, I knew that if I didn't take the opportunity to leave and travel after graduation, I would loose the guts to do it later in life. So once I had made enough money, I left. Living here now for about 6 months I have come to know Athens in a new light, and my vocabulary has skyrocketed. I do miss my family, and my "hometown", but this experience I wouldn't give up for anything.

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