my letter to my host family DEAR HOST FAMILY Hello! To begin I would like to introduce myself, my name is Anais Sdenka Tamayo Bravo and I 25 years old and I would describe myself as very responsible and loving to children and pets. Also I am very funny, independent, active, and energetic. You could say that I am hyperactive and full of life. I live in Cochabamba –Bolivia, my country has much culture and traditions. My city is beautiful and it is considerate the gastronomic capital of Bolivia for its delicious meals and beverages and places to visit and eat over there. My family has a quiet life, but I don´t my life because was always surrounded by children; because I have many nieces and that is why I began to like children more. We are seven people in my family the name of my father is Rene Tamayo and he is a mechanic, my mom her name is Magdalena Bravo and she is a housewife and my sisters are Gina, she is an accountant, Veronica she is a tourist guide, and Fatima is a nurse and I have an eldest brother his name is Williams he is electrical engineer. They all are married and they live in others cities because they work over there. Sometimes they come to visit us and prepare lunch or go to the pool or to a local fair to have a good time together and I also have four nephews: Carol, Jeremy, Alejandro and Angelo. I helped to my sisters to take care since were babies . and my nephews too that are children of my cousins that are like ten always i like visit them because we live near the same neighborhood . them are : Alan, Camila, Ricardo ,Eduardo ,Samir ,Ignacio ,Rafael ,Damar ,Gianina and Alex they all have between three and thirteen years old.. I still live with my parents. We have several pets we raise and care because we love animals. are my two dogs Gismo and Balto and my Five chickens Claudio and Paco are a roosters ,Pantoja, Turuleca and Catalina they are egg-laying hens is very interesting and I like have a farm. And about my experience with children: There are two things that help me a lot when I work with them. One is my patience and the other is my imagination for play with they .these things help me tremendously for resolve any problem with ease. I am able to handle children´s tantrums and other common problems that have children at different stages their childhood.