First The World, Now Texas State

By Cheyenne Young
coy1@txstate.edu

A world traveler and a free-spirit, Bella Lopes is no stranger to different cultures, customs and communities.

At the age of 19, Lopes, has already seen more of the world than most. Born in Bolivia, but always on the move, her family moved to Venezuela by the time she was just eight-months-old. After about a year and a half, her family uprooted to Brazil where they stayed for four years. They then moved to Ecuador until Lopes was nine years old, at which time they made the move to Houston, Texas where her family has been stationed ever since. Through her years of travel Lopes learned how to speak Portuguese, Spanish and English. Not ready to stop there, she is hoping to also become fluent in Italian, Arabic and French.

A junior at Texas State University, Lopes is hoping to one day write about the world. The desire for constant change she developed young by constantly moving to new places has brought her to pursue journalism. When asked about her aspirations with journalism, Lopes said, "I just want to write about the world, especially since I've gotten to see so much of it." Lopes was constantly reading and writing as a child about the places she went and the people she met. Get ready world, here she comes!