Graduated From: University of Miami, Florida (exchange year)
Student At: University of Edinburgh, Scotland
The USA top 50 applicants have just been picked and WOW their applications are excellent - it makes me realise just how much I want this! My life is all about travelling, experiencing new places and telling everyone about it! I am totally unique (just ask my friends!) and absolutely LOVE taking photos, blogging and talking to my video camera. That being said, I hope you guys like it my video, I loved making it! Please check out my blog at http://www.kates-biggest-dream.blogspot.com/ - its completely devoted to this competition! Good luck everyone!! xxx
My Ideal Destination: I want to see the ENTIRE WORLD, that is my (somewhat financially unrealistic) goal. And I mean ALL of it! My commitment issues with a stable location mean my ideal destination is the eternal unknown; the thought of it drives me wild, the need to explore the distant corners of the planet and place myself in experiences others only pass off as an unrealistic dream!
That destination used to be Namibia, until I stood on its endless prairielands. It used to be Brazil, until I experience the horror of the slums and the juxtaposition of poverty and hope. Right now it is the barren iceland of Svalbard and the forgotten tundra of Russia, next year it might be the eerie quietness of the Alaskan coastline. It's the unknown that drives me on... it's a problem I can't solve on my own. To quote David Attenborough: "I only wish the world was twice the size with half unexplored!"
But there IS more to see and explore. Only you can help me, STA!
This is my application video! I hope it shows how much I would LOVE to be the STA world traveller intern - there could not be a more perfect job for me! Thank you! xxx