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Hobbies & Interests:
- Music Performance
- Dance Performance
- Languages & Cultures
- Travel & Tourism
- Movie/Video-editing
Countries Visited:
- Canada (Quebec)
- United States & Mexico
- Belize & Guatemala
- Colombia & Venezuela
- Brazil & Argentina
- Paraguay & Nicaragua
- Dominican Republic
- Nevis & Anguilla
- St. Eustatius & Saba
- St. Marten & Bonaire
- The Netherlands
- Germany & Austria
- Belgium & France
- Spain & Italy
- Czechoslovakia
- Bulgaria
- Morocco (North Africa)
- The Philippines
- Japan
Countries Lived in:
- Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
- Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
- The Netherlands
- The Philippines
- Bulgaria
Current Home:
- Hartford, CT, USA
Current Occupation:
- Language Instructor
- Translator/Interpreter.
- Music Performance
- Dance Performance
- Languages & Cultures
- Travel & Tourism
- Movie/Video-editing
Countries Visited:
- Canada (Quebec)
- United States & Mexico
- Belize & Guatemala
- Colombia & Venezuela
- Brazil & Argentina
- Paraguay & Nicaragua
- Dominican Republic
- Nevis & Anguilla
- St. Eustatius & Saba
- St. Marten & Bonaire
- The Netherlands
- Germany & Austria
- Belgium & France
- Spain & Italy
- Czechoslovakia
- Bulgaria
- Morocco (North Africa)
- The Philippines
- Japan
Countries Lived in:
- Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
- Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
- The Netherlands
- The Philippines
- Bulgaria
Current Home:
- Hartford, CT, USA
Current Occupation:
- Language Instructor
- Translator/Interpreter.
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| Biographical Information |
Name: Richard de Meij Born in: Aruba (Paradise) Nationality: Dutch Graduate of: - Colegio Arubano (Aruba) - University of Florida Degrees in: - Speech/Lang.Pathology - Applied Linguistics Language Fluency in: - Dutch (native) - Papiamento (native) - English (near-native) - Spanish (near-native) - Portuguese (near-native) - French (fluently) - German (fluently) - Italian (fair) Other Languages Studied: - Japanese - Bulgarian - Afrikaans (understood) - Mainer (Mainah)* *spoken in (Downeast) MAINE. |
| ► MY STORY. . . , MY FAMILY. . . , MY FRIENDS ◄ |
| What is Papiamento? Where is it spoken? |
Linguist/Educator
World Citizen
| Artist/Dancer |
Poet/Composer
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| For more information, visit aruba.com |
| ###Ah ARUBA! My home, my paradise; that little land that ###molded me, and inspired me, and instilled in me the ###passion for languages and cultures. A-R-U-B-A: ###ONE HAPPY ISLAND! Click on the controls below to ###get a visual taste of Aruba. |