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My name is Kiana and I grew up in Lewiston, ME. I am a freshman at Elmira College in Upstate-ish NY: http://www.elmira.edu. My interests include sports, good food, traveling, and nature. Growing up in Maine has exposed me to explore the beautiful outdoors with constant hiking, camping, or laying out on the coast. I am lucky enough to have opportunities to travel to different places and be exposed to many different parts of the country. My mom's side of the family lives in San Diego, CA. So I visit there a lot and get to tour various parts. By far my favorite place there, aside from the beautiful beaches, is the Redwood National and State Parks. Although I went there many years ago, the ginormous trees have always stuck with me in my mind. It was amazing to think that places like that exist. Experiencing it first hand opened my eyes and made me realize that I love all different parts of nature. Since then, I have dedicated parts of my summers to seeing the hidden beauties of my home state Maine. One of my favorite summer activities is hiking and finding water pools. Making it to the top of a mountain and over looking the scenes is absolutely breath taking.

For this blog, I am writing for my class called www.women. Here you will read about the various activities we do and most of them involve nature.

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