Louis Venturi

 My name is Louis Venturi and I'm a freshman majoring in Sales and Marketing. I'm Ecuadorian from my mother's side and Italian on my father's side. I've been to both countries and experienced there cultures. Overall I love Italian food especially my dad's cooking since he's a chef. I'm fluent in Spanish and I can pick up some Italian since I already know spanish. Knowing another language is very useful especially for traveling. One of my hobbies is traveling to see other countries around the world. I've been to south of Italy in the Calabria region where my Grandfather's town  in Mandatoriccio. Whenever we go to Italy we stay at our beach house and its always a blast because the beach is so close. Probably my favorite food I had in Italy is the pizza and pasta. I've also traveled to Ecuador where I visited my Mom's family. My mom was born in Loja which is south of Ecuador. I have also visited Malacatos, Guayaquil, Cuenca, and the capitol Quito. My favorite food that I had from Ecuador is the Hornado which is roasted pork with some crisp to it. Also the Ceviche which is a seafood dish with shrimp and fresh diced tomatoes and onions with lemon. 

Another cool thing about me is that I like to hunt. I'm big in hunting Elk, Whitetail Deer, Rabits, and Game birds. Every year for the past 6 years I've traveled to Colorado to go Elk Hunting. When we go to Colorado we rent out a house near a small town called Fort Garland. My brother and I always compete with each other for the best trophy buck and whoever gets the biggest gets to hold up to a golden chain with a deer antlers on it. We always have hunting dogs, 2 beagles and 1 German Short Haired Point. The GSP hunts birds and her name is Stella and shes 1 year old. The other 2 beagles hunt Rabits and there names are Max and Luna. Probably my favorite time to hunt is in the Winter when there's snow out cuz everything is silent and very easy to spot the animals.

When I was in high school I played basketball and track for Southern Columbia which is in Catawissa 20 minutes away from BU. I played the point guard for basketball and for track I ran the 1mile, 2 mile, and the 4x800. I usually play in basketball tournaments up at a Christian school in Bloomsburg. I like to play basketball with my friends at the park or at different recs and play in different leagues there. My insipiration that got me to play basketball and love the game is Lebron James. I would always watch him growing up. My favorite NBA team is the Lakers and my favorite Laker player of all time is Kobe Bryant. My favorite 3 point celebration is Ice In My Veins by Diangelo Russel.