Kerriann Otano

Year: freshmen status!

 Major: vocal performance with a minor in Italian 

Years in LF: this is my first year!

 Hometown: Riverhead (Long Island), New York 

Future plans: I plan to be an opera singer, move back to Italy, own a house in New York, get married, and be very happy.  

Favorite LF memory/thing you're looking forward to: My favorite memory with LF has been nailing the key change in Disco. And also the time Melissa Block said “I can’t feel my neck!” I can’t wait to go to Texas and get tight with the other fabulous members of LF! 

Musical inspirations: Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, Renata Tebaldi, Etta James. 

Other hobbies: I love to knit and I make scarves and hats all the time. I read Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, and Nick Hornby. I buy Rolling Stone magazine to find out about new Indie Rock bands. I play Frogger and Oregon Trail online quasi-obsessively. 

Three things everyone should know about you:
- I’m Puerto Rican and Irish, which means (1.) I have several middle names and (2.) I believe in leprechauns.
- I speak Italian and I used to live in Milan.
- I have an unnatural obsession with brushing my teeth.

Favorite quote: “All the talent in the world won’t matter if you’re not inspired.” –Chuck Palahniuk