Hello fellow bloggers ! My name is Alexi Arriaran I am 19 years old and I'm a transfer student from CCRI. I transferred to RIC because I dream of being a spanish teacher for secondary education. I couldn't possibly tell you how many people told me how great of a college RIC was for teaching. I had my eye on other universities but what drew me to RIC was the fact that i grew up around the area. I remember going to the track and soccer field with my aunts in the summer just to be active on nice days. Also i use to dance in a Bolivian Folkloric dance group called  FFB (fraternity folkloric of Bolivia). The Bolivian community here in rhode island is surprisngly large. We host an enormouse festival on Bolivia's Independence Day, usually the 6th and the 7th of august. The festival is a two day event that has been held all over providence. For the past couple of years the festival has been in the skating rink in downtown providence. The festival starts off from Saint Patricks church and all the groups performing in the festival parade down to the ice rink. The Bolivian festival takes months of perpetration, practicing and dedication. The costumes are hand made in Bolivia and then flown here to RI. My group use to practice in the big parking lot down the hill of RIC for years each summer for months. I spent years around the college, even going inside to use the bathroom. When I was younger the college seemed so big and fascinating and it still is today. I worked very hard at CCRI to get out of there as soon as I could. After three semesters i had my credits and here I am. I also attend rhode island college with many of my close high school friends, step brother and even my boyfriend who is also on the baseball team.