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Catalina "Cat" Puente

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Hello. My name is Catalina Puente, but people call me "Cat". I am 15 years old. I love to write (poetry, stories, scripts), draw (mostly design clothes) and sleep. I'm the type of person that is stubborn, caring, and sweet. I was born and raised in The Bronx. My favorite food and drink is pizza and iced tea. I love to laugh. I want to be a clothes designer, model, club owner, actress and of course a writer when I'm older.
Summer 2004

Interesting Fact: When I was little I had an accident while opening a door and my whole pinky nail came off. Now it grows like two nails: one on the front, and the other in the back of it.

Story Description: Romantic Obsession
When Cat finds herself obsessing over people she hardly knows but is smitten with (like celebrities), she realizes it takes over her life. She'll spend hours each day daydreaming about them, or writing about them. She gets irrational, her personality changes, and the object of her obsession takes over her focus. Cat's story is about how romantic obsession almost ruined her life.

Cat's Mentor:

Pamela Miller is a magazine editor at InTouch Weekly (so she knows way too much about what celebrities eat for breakfast and who just got highlights). She is also worked at Self, ESPN, Glamour, CosmoGirl and MTV. A documentary junkie, Pamela always has at least one project (radio, film and/or photography) simmering. She's a long-time This American Life fan, who recently discovered (and fell head-over-heels for) the work of Radio Rookies. And she is got the world's sweetest dog, named Lou.

Interesting Fact: I grew up in the country -- Ohio -- and always owned a horse (first Baby, then Roger, then Jake). I even showed them and won trophies. Usually city people think that sounds cool, but it was SO much work... feeding them, cleaning stalls, unloading hay, building fences... that I didn't really like it much. As soon as I turned 16 and got a car, I never rode a horse again.