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Re: Smiles' Adoption Agency
LN: DrakeYour name: Elena (nee Fisher) Drake
Age: 30
Occupation: journalist
Interests: writing, shooting videos of the family, traveling, cooking.
Disabilities: noneYour SO's name: Nathan "Nate" Drake
Age: 38
Occupation: treasure hunter
Interests: Love's traveling, reading, backpacking, camping and doodling in notebook.
Disabilities: noneChild(ren) living with you (names, ages, interests, disabilities): none
Others living with you (names, relations): Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Nates Mentor and best friend)
Pet(s) (names, species): noneLocation: Currently we own a residence in Bombay
House type: its a villa
Do you travel often? If so, where to? yes we travel very often all over the world, Nepal, Borneo, Mexico, Turkey and many more.What language(s) do you speak? We both speak English and Spanish, I speak some Mongolian and a little Russian. Nate knows Swahili
Nationality/ies: Both American
Religion(s): Christians
Other:
THE ADOPTEE(S)How many children do you want to adopt? (max. 5) 1
Ages (newborn-17)? 14 or older
Gender(s): any
Preferred origin(s): none
Preferred language(s): Something we can both speak well would be great
Preferred religion(s): none
Will you accept:-Children with pets? If so, what kind(s)? No, I have allergies of anything with fur.-Multiples (twins, triplets, quadruplets etc.)? No
-Siblings? No
-Best friends? No
-Cousins? No
-Neighbors? No-Children with disabilities? If so, of what kind and severity? We don't mind mild disabilities but we sometimes go in rough terrain so he/she has to be able to keep up with us and mostly take care of theirselves.
-Children who need constant medical attention? Allergies are ok.
-Children who are terminally ill? perferably not-Pregnant teen(s)? As I said before, I don't think a pregnant teen would be a good idea for where we might be heading.
-Teen parent? If so, teen mother/father, or both? No
-Gay/lesbian teens? If so, which or both? NoWill you allow them to stay in contact with non-abusive parents/relatives/etc. ? Of courseOther:

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Alessandra Maria - 15
Alessandra was put into the agency after it was discovered that her step-father both sexually and physically abused her. She often wakes up in the middle of the night with nightmares of her step-father. She is from Cancun, but speaks both Spanish and English because when she was 5, she moved to California. She stayed there until she was 14 She was then transferred into our Bombay agency. While in California, she became a member of her school's color guard team and a great interest of reading grew on her. She loves helping out with smaller children and has decided that when she grows up she wants to be a kindergarten teacher.
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It's been 2 and a half years now since Alessandra came to live with us and we are completely in love with our new daughter. Sandra is a wonderful girl who is very smart, dependable, helpful and very friendly once she gets to know you. She has a bit of a trust issues but that's understandable as seeing what she went through. her nightmares have almost completely stopped but unfortunately she gets the odd one every few months. We've moved twice since she came and now we currently reside in New Zealand where my husband has been hired for a job. Sandra seems to be doing well with all our traveling and seems to enjoy it as much as we do. She has grown into a mature, responsible, beautiful young woman who I'm very proud to call a daughter.

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