I’m Felicia, Felicia Marie to be exact. (The last name’s not necessarily as important)  I was born in Porchester, New York, to two amazing Italian parents, born and raised a New Yorker but a West coaster at heart; I moved to California in September for school.

I’m a shameless nerd with a big heart and I’m a kid with a passion for everything in life. I don’t believe love has any sort of label other than just that: “love”. I can charm you with my smooth, sweet-talking Italian, and not just my boss lady fingers on some ebony and ivory piano keys. I’m a film score junkie, a pianist, a lover, a dreamer, and an optimistic realist, if that even makes any sense. I am acro, aglio, and occasionally chronophobic. 

I believe in truth, and beauty, and love; I can often see if not all but at least one of the three in things most people can’t. If I could afford it, I would already be a vegan. I own more heels than any poor college student should. I watch Hocus Pocus and Halloweentown religiously throughout October every year in honor of my favorite holiday. I’ve jammed or broken almost all of my fingers (really bad for a pianist). I love soccer, kite boarding, ultimate frisbee, football, lacrosse, tennis, and field hockey; if I could, I would be active in all of them 24/7.

Horses, Thresher Sharks, Meerkats, Peregrin Falcons and Ocelots are my favorite creatures. Titanic, The Wings of the Dove, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Mummy, and Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron are the five movies that have most influence on my life. I live for Broadway musicals, music, friends, and family.

I believe that experience constitutes faith and morality, and that so long as the actions you perform leave you with inner peace, that’s all that matters and no one should feel it necessary to label that as any one religion - I don’t believe in a god, and I don’t cry at funerals because I believe death to be as beautiful as life.

I’m skeptical, realistic, and I rationalize pretty much everything, but emotionally I can be quite idealistic and contradictory to my founding beliefs. I usually say what everyone is too afraid to admit, and I have no shame in anything. I hardly have regrets or second thoughts about my decision-making because to regret is to be sorry doing something that once made you happy and so I live my life on a whim, doing things that make me smile along the way. 

I have no set plan for life - I don’t think anyone should; I don’t put limits on the things I can do with it. This is probably why I have such a passion for learning; I crave knowledge with every fiber in my being. I want to be able to map out the world on the backs of my hands, and maybe even the rest of the universe. Oh, and I want to know all of you, so don’t be shy.

The following picture describes my life and my personality perfectly: