Nadia Amrani, 16, was born in the United States but grew up in Mexico up until she was 7. The junior lives in Astoria, Queens and attends Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers. Because of her light complexion and Spanish language skills, people often assume that she is from Spain. In fact, her mother is of Mexican and French descent and her father is Moroccan. She enjoys Mexican food, sushi, Chinese food and drinking coconut water. Someday she hopes she can call herself an archaeologist or anthropologist.