"My name is Krystina Schleicher and I'm a journalism major at the University College for the Creative Arts.  I'm twenty years old, and in my final year of a Bachelor's Honours degree, originally from Fort Worth, Texas.  I moved to England in August 2004, a few months after I graduated High School..."

"My name is Laura Rossi, and my hometown is Pickerington, Ohio - a suburb of Columbus.  I'm in my third year as an English major in the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University.  Currently, I'm living and studying in Swansea, Wales, as an exchange student for the 2006-2007 academic year at the University of Wales Swansea..."

"Critically acclaimed author of books that have not yet been published, award winning Aikido throw-dummy and self-proclaimed 'occupational hippie,' I am also a student of History at Leeds University.  Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, I spent most of my childhood either 'out back' in the woods or in the back of a minivan touring the States..."

"I am originally from Los Angeles, though I consider San Francisco home (something about the people and the fog just captivated me).  Prior to settling down in SF, I did a lot of moving around: some of my youth spent in Nigeria, some studies in Pennsylvania, more studies in San Diego, with a study abroad in Sweden thrown in for good measure..."