Me!

Hi! Hello! Hola! 안녕! 你好！

            My name is Gissel Hernandez and I recently turned 15 August 25, so that makes me one of the youngest 10^th graders out there! Yay! Anyway at 15 I already have LOT of goals that I’ve been told are kind of ridiculous, but really I can’t wait till the day I prove a lot of people wrong.

            I have been a gymnast for a little more than 5 years. Gymnastics is my favorite sport and I don’t think I’ll ever quit flipping around. Beam is my favorite event and the Uneven Bars is my least favorite. I have fallen a ridiculous amount of times off the bar that I’ve come to dislike it.  I may sound crazy when I say this but every time I stand in front of the bar I feel like it’s laughing at me telling me I will never master the skills on it. I have witnesses of me telling the bar “Dear bar, I hate you.” It sounds funny, but really I say this with a straight face. I’m also a contortionist and I have a couple videos on Youtube (anonymousgissele).

             One of my goals that I’ve been told is kind of ridiculous is that fact that I want to learn 10 languages. I’m already fluent in both Spanish and English, and it’s helped me a lot when I’m learning other languages. I currently am in Mandarin II and am learning Korean online (Youtube! Google!).  I’m still not sure what other languages I’m going to learn but German and Japanese are definitely on my list. This year I also will be applying to study abroad for a month in China! If I do get to study abroad it will be just the beginning. I hope to travel as much as I can during my life because I really like learning about other cultures. It’s also for the food though. I need to have a food adventure in my life!