Teresa's Bio:

    Hi, my full name is Teresa Rose Curcurio, otherwise known as Tess, and I am the proud state senate of Wyoming. I live out in the country with my dog, Millie and our horses. My hobbies include horseback riding and rollerblading, we currently have 5 horses that I ride in my free time, their names are Polly, Magoo, Star, Buddy, and Casper. Polly is my favorite, she is a black morgan with a curly mane and tail. Magoo is a Cremello (white horse with blue eyes) with brown spots. Casper a Cremello as well, only with black spots. Buddy is a dapple grey Arabian and Star is a blood bay Arabian. Not to long ago our chestnut mare, Crystal, died at the age of 24, she died peacefully but it was still heartbreaking.

We also used to have a horse named Princess, who looked almost identical to Buddy, but she was sold because she was the cause of my horrible accident.

Last December, I was going out to the barn to ride, and I decided to take out Princess. She was very young, only 4, and very green, therefore I already knew of the dangers in riding her. At first she was doing fine, listening to cues, and focusing, until suddenly she bucked randomly out of the blue. Me, being unprepared, flew off and slamed into one of the stall doors. I collapsed and blacked out. Luckily I was not alone, my trainer Julia had seen the whole thing, she moved me as I still lay limp, she thought I was dead until I awoke, I was in terrible pain. She told me to lay still, but me being myself I struggled to get up, saying I was fine. I was helped to the house, where I blacked out again from the pain, and then I was taken to the E.R. When I arrived I was rushed into the hospital, I heard doctors calling for help and that I was a "Code Red", I was scared. After they had me all hooked up to different kinds of machienes, they took X-Rays and examined me, after 5-6 hours in the E.R. they finally told me I had broken my back in two places, fractured my neck, broken my elbow. I was surprised that I was even alive from all that, but I was.

    Now, 9 months later, I'm still unable to do certain things, I was told by the docter I could never ride a horse again, but I did not listen. Three months ago in the beginning of summer I got on a horse for the first time, and that horse was Polly, the only horse that I trust with my life.  I am 15 years old, and I was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on May 10th 1996. I know two different languages, English and some French, I took a French Class both 7th and 8th grade. I love to travel, I go to the Wisconsin Dells everytime I can and stay the weekend. I have only been out of the state twice and that was to Chicago, but I'm hoping to go to Florida soon, and I also want to go to Canada. I also love to read, my favorite series is C.S. Lewis's, The Chronicles of Narnia. I also love the Narnia movies, I have seen the first one, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrode many, many, times.

    When I get older I hope to complete collage at River Falls, Ripon College or UW Madison. I want to major in animal science and become a equine Vet.