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EXTRA CURRICULAR INTERESTS & TRAVEL EXPERIENCE MUSIC
Carena
van Riper grew up in a family of musicians and was involved in music
throughout her youth. She played the piano and flute from age 10 to age
23. She attended music camps during her summers and served as a member
of the Flagstaff Youth Orchestra for five years. Miss van Riper played
in her high school marching band, attended a music preparatory academy
for one year of high school, and was selected as an outstanding youth
piccolo player to play as an honorary guest with the US Navy Band.
Carena currently focuses her musical energy on performing and
playing electronic music. She Dee Jayed under the alias of 'DJ
Quintessence' throughout Arizona for six years. She traveled to both
Las Vegas, NV and Miami, FL to attend electronic music conferences.
SPORTS
Sports
also played an important role in Miss van Riper’s life. Carena played
outside center and fullback for the Arizona State University (ASU)
Women’s Rugby Team. As an undergraduate she was a member of the ASU
Snowdevil's snowboard team, a Jujitsu club, and a Capoeira grupo. In
highschool, Carena ran cross country, track, soccer, and volleyball.
She was a member of an American Kenpo dojo, and she barrel raced for
seven years.
TRAVEL EXPERIENCES
Throughout
Carena’s undergraduate career she punctuated classes with study abroad.
Carena studied tourism for one semester in Holland, and spent one year
in Spain at a Barcelona University learning Spanish. Her main objective
was to gain insight into how different cultures lived and interacted
with the environment.
Her additional travel experiences include attending a conference
and participating in a safari in South Africa from June 2000-July 2000.
Visiting Belgium, France, England, Ireland, Switzerland from July
2002-Aug 2003. Traveling to Canada from June 2004-July 2004, Portugal
from April 2005-May 2005 and Germany in June 2005, as well as the Czech
Republic, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary in July of 2005. |