Ben Parks grew up in Hamilton, NY. He is currently a freshman at Princeton University, where he hopes to study computer science, play in the orchestra, and participate in the Center for Jewish Life. (Especially at Jewish events involving food!)
![Chile con Hebrew](https://jewishdiversitystories.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Chile-Train-Station_72-300x225-1.jpg)
As part of a gap year between high school and college, I spent six months in Santiago, Chile