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Birth: San Jose, Costa Rica
December 24, 1981
26 years of age


University :
Name: Long Island University
Friends World Program
Place:London, England
Kyoto, Japan
New York, USA
Entered: September 2003
Bachelor of Arts May 2006


Name: Long Island University
Place: Brooklyn, NY
Entered: September 2006
Master of Arts in Media Arts
Concentration: Photography

Sport Achievements:

Triathlon:

1st USA Sprint Nationals 2008
2nd Vancouver World Championships 2008
53th at Hamburg World Championships 2007
27th at the Edmonton World Championship 2001
Pan-American Junior Champion 2000
Central America Champion 1998
Arkansas State Champion 1997
5 times Costa Rican National Champion


My personal background is a perfect example of how the world is so interconnected in this present era. My father was born and raised in Massachusetts in a family that descends back to Northern Ireland¡Ùs potato famine. Therefore my last name is "Gardiner." My dad traveled to Ecuador to work with the Peace Corps, where he met my mother, who is a strong woman of Inca and Spanish descent, consequently my other name "Garcia." My father's work has forced him to live all over the world, and that is how he ended up in Costa Rica where I was born. So I consider myself a Costa Rican with a US passport.

I am currently living in Brooklyn Ny and finishing a masters degree in Photography from long island university.