Mari

Name: Mariazell Arroyo

From: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Nickname: Midge

Birthdate: February 13, 1978

Sign: Aquarius

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Food: mashed potatoes

Favorite Book: El Sueño de America by Esmeralda Santiago

Favorite TV Show: The Tom Green Show

Favorite Movie: All About My Mother & Life is Beautiful

Favorite Song: Boricua en la luna by Roy Brown &
                      Hey Monkey by Counting Crows

Favorite Artist: Bob Marley

Favorite Place: Anywhere, its the people you are with that make the difference. Right now, everywhere I go with this team is a great place.

Favorite thing to do in your spare time: read and stay in bed.

Most important person in your life right now:
                                     Everyone I love. They know who they are.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?:
         "When I was 6, I saw a TV ad for the Peace Corps. I knew right then and there that helping people was what I wanted to do. This is not the Peace Corps but I will get there, eventually."

Quote: "The opposite of love is not hate. It's indifference".
                        - Elie Wiesel

What Mari has to say: "If you can't understand what other people are saying, just smile and nod. It works (most of the time). That's what I do here in the South".

Where is Mari now (July 2001): Mari has moved to Michigan. She is working and going to school full time. 

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