My name: Mariza Daria Trancoso

Where I was born: Sterling, Illinois

My home town: Sterling, Illinois

My school: Sterling High School

My favorite subject in school and why: I like my tech/art/photography classes because I love anything to do with art. I also love to model in photo shoots during photography class.

My favorite food: I enjoy eating Oreos with milk.

My favorite TV show: Law and Order and iCarly.

My favorite actress / actor: Bradley Cooper!!

My favorite musical artist or group: I can’t decide a favorite among Underoath, Coldplay, John Mayer, Phoenix, Dave Matthews Band, Bob Marley, Damien Rice, or Death Cab for Cutie. I guess I like music.

My hobbies: Dancing, running, writing in my journal, and meditating.

My personal hero or heroes and why: My hero is Anne Frank because she was a strong girl and never gave up.

My best friend and why: My best friend was and still is Madi because she was always there for me ever since we were in diapers. She was exactly like me. We were the same person in two bodies. RIP Madi

What you’d probably find in my iPod: Artist vs. Poet, Death Cab, Swimming with Dolphins, Underoath, Silverstein, Nevershoutnever, Nevertheless, Dance Gavin Dance, Catherine, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Blessthefall, Coldplay, Emery - random bands no one else has ever heard of.

What you’d probably find under my bed: My bed is two mattresses on the floor. Sooo...carpet.

Most of my time on the computer is spent: On MySpace and Facebook as well as college hunting.

In my free time I: Enjoy listening to music in a candle lit room and writing poetry. Yes, seriously.

My most humbling experience: When I did a dance with my team, in memory of a girl who used to dance with us, who died after having a seizure.

The best advice I ever got: Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things.

The best day I’ve had so far: Any day when I’m on stage dancing.

The worst day I’ve had so far: The day Madi died.

What makes me laugh: Almost anything.

What makes me mad: People who make false accusations, backstabbers, and liars.

My proudest moment so far: Never giving up. Period.

One thing I simply can’t stand: When people keep telling me what I do wrong even after I fix it.

One thing I’d like to change about myself: Physical-wise: My nose. It’s too big for my liking. Spiritual-wise: Not to let small things get to me easily.

Fifteen years from now I want to: Hopefully be an interior designer or the owner of a dance studio.

The reason I want to is: I love decorating and, of course, I love to dance.

The three words that best describe me: Bubbly, over-thinker