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EXTRA CURRICULAR INTERESTS & TRAVEL EXPERIENCE MUSICCarena 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 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. | ||||
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"The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little"
-Thomas Merton
