Dear future host family,

My name is Miguel. I am a 14 year old student from Madrid, Spain. Firstly, thank you for taking your time to read this letter and getting to know me. I will describe myself, my life and main interests to you.

I live with my family: my mother, my father, my younger brother Mario, my younger sister Paula and my grandmother. We have a great relationship and like doing things together, such as getting to watch a movie together on weekends and meet other relatives and friends.

I consider myself as someone open minded, friendly, willing to meet new people and learning about other cultures.

I enjoy going everyday to my school, where I have been attending since kindergarden. Every morning, I get together with my friends before starting classes and talk about school affairs and personal things. My favorite classes are English, History and Language.

I also enjoy gymnastics to keep in shape and complement my great passion for sports, being my favorite sport soccer. This is my true passion. I have played indoor soccer since I was 3 years old in our school’s team and participated in the state’s league. I love competing and practicing during workdays twice per week and playing the weekend game home or away. Most of my best friends are also part of the team so we also meet “off the court”. I would really love to play soccer and become a team member in the high school in USA. I am quite skillful and love playing and watching the game. My favorite team is Real Madrid in Spain. I am a fan, club member and attend some games with my dad. When Real Madrid is playing, we watch the games on TV with my dad and my brother Mario. I also played basketball for one season when I was 9 years old but had to make a choice and stayed with soccer. I also love skiing. Once per year my school organizes a trip to Andorra to ski and this is the best time of the year. I also like swimming as this is the most important sport in my school.

Other activities during my leisure time are listening to music and watching movies and series, being one of my favorites, Cobra Kai saga.

I have been travelling with my family and friends since I was born. My parents love travelling and I had the great experience of visiting several countries in Europe during Christmas break and summer time. I have also visited USA twice. It was the best time, touring the East Coast and Canada when I was 9 years old and another trip with my family to Florida, where my dad lived as an exchange student. I got impressed with great American cities like New York or Boston and enjoyed a lot the food there, specially my favorite, Mexican food. I also attended a MLB game in Washington and an NBA game in Miami, which was simply an awesome experience.

My parents have supported and encouraged me for this experience, so I expect this cultural exchange to be very positive for my personal growth, becoming more mature and experienced with a higher English level. Of course, I will tell you about my homeland, traditions and culture.

I am truly looking forward to getting immerse in an American High School spirit and make new friends forever. I hope you can provide me with all the care and guidance specially in the first days to get settled in the new environment and make me feel part of your family.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and look forward to spending an unforgettable year with you.