Hi everyone! My name Kevin and I am a senior majoring in architecture. I’m from Westerville, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Columbus. I swim for Club Swimming at Ohio State and am the Graphics Coordinator for The American Institute of Architects for Students (AIAS). Some of my favorite events to swim are: 100 Breaststroke, 100 and 200 Individual Medley and 50 Breaststroke and Butterfly. My work for AIAS consist of a very contemporary style of graphics. I also like to work with a lot of gifs or video format to diversify the work load.

Growing up, had many opportunities to travel because of my parents’ line of work. It exposed to different types of architecture, culture and help developed vast interest in so many things. I remember seeing a sea of skyscrapers when in Hong Kong, Colonial French architecture in Vietnam, and a blend of historical and contemporary architecture in Japan and Korea. Besides the architecture, I was also fortunate enough to learn many Asian languages and eat a diverse variety of food. Most importantly, I got the opportunity to walk on the same soil my ancestor inhabited many generations ago.

I am looking forward to traveling to Santiago because I have very little exposure to that region, the Spanish language and culture. This trip will push me out of my comfort zone for being someone than does not speak any Spanish. I look forward to another trip with the Knowlton School and to learn more about the Contemporary Architecture in the region, the culture and a little Spanish!

My name is Natalie Perri and I am a third year architecture student at The Ohio State University. I transferred into architecture’s major as a second year. I was previously an Industrial Design major at OSU. I have always loved art since I was a young girl, but definitely wanted to incorporate creativity but also S.T.E.M. into my career field. After I changed majors, I fell in love with architecture ever since. I am also the residential advisor and coordinator for the architecture, landscape architecture, and city scholars at OSU.

I grew up in Norristown, PA, which is approximately a half an hour outside of Philadelphia. I absolutely love my hometown. A fun fact about me is that I am adopted from Russia. I think about my humble beginnings often and am grateful for these life adventures, such as traveling to Santiago, as a blessing. I am so excited to study abroad this spring!

Regarding my family, I come from a middle-sized Italian-American family. I have one biologically related brother, Nicholas, who studies cyber security in New York. My father works as an HVAC contractor and my mother works as a receptionist. My grandmother, Natalie, is eighty-eight years old and also resides with my immediate family. I am proud to say I am named after such an amazing woman.

My hobbies include drawing, painting, photography, anything creative really! Unfortunately, I am terribly bad at anything involving hand-eye coordination. Therefore, I express myself through visually creative outlets. Another interesting hobby of mine is learning American Sign Language. I absolutely fell in love with this expressive, visual language. I hope one day to be fluent in ASL.