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My name is Elliana Araujo, but I prefer Elli (pronounced the same as Ellie, but spelled cooler). I am 16, I am a full-time student with JVA, and I will be a Junior this year!

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I have a big family that spends a lot of time (too much time) together. I have two sisters, two dogs, one very tall, American mom and one very short, Brazilian dad. This is the only nice picture with all of us in it in existence.

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I compete year round on the international equestrian show jumping circuit in the US and Canada with my own horse, and I also hold a full-time working student position with Bridlewood Farms 5 days a week. Between training and working, you will usually only see me on here in the early morning or late at night. My horse's name is Lolita, and she loves her job almost as much as I do!

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I am lucky enough to live up in the beautiful mountains of Evergreen, in a really weird house that looks like a warehouse (I have been told lots of people who have lived here a while know about our house? Cool and creepy!), where Helly Hansen once did a photo shoot in some ski chairs we have hanging from the ceiling. Not quite as cool in real life, we get struck by lightning a lot and it's always cold.

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I grew up in Houston, Texas, and lived there until I was 13, when we moved here. I root for the Cowboys (sorry), I say y'all a lot (sorry), and I love country music (really sorry). As the picture below might suggest, everyone in Texas wears nothing but cowboy boots and hats, and horses are the only mode of transportation. We start the little one's with sticks, they're a little less unpredictable.

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Because of my training, I have been lucky enough to get to show all over the US, and in Canada. I go to around 8 shows a year, which are typically around 2 weeks long but can be up to 5. I absolutely love every aspect of traveling, which is a good thing because I am almost gone as much as I am home by the end of the season. Pictured below is me not quite so far from home, at a show in Parker, Colorado.

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Besides riding, I love to ski, hike, play the violin, and read. I've been told that my bedroom looks like an old, small town library which could not be more fine by me. Every available surface has books on it.