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Maria Bakalova was born on September 2,1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria. After the first few years of her birth, her parents decided to move to Burgas where they lived up until May 2003. Four years and a month after Maria's birth, her mother gave birth to her brother Krum on October 25, 1992. In 2003 her parent won a green card. Later in May the same year, they moved to Miami, Florida, USA. Maaria and her brother did not speak the language so it was a little bit of a chalange for the children to adjust to the transition. Maria started high school by entering in 10th grade instead of 9th, do to the transcripts from Bulgaria. Her brother, however, did not skip a year like his sister and enter fifth grade, which in bulgaria is considered middle school. The two kids picked up with the language and the making friends pretty fast. By new year Maria met three other bulgarian girls through Christian Ortodox Church. Two of the girls had arrive in the country a month after Maria and they were living together in Fort Lauderdale. The third girl has been in the States since Septeber 2001 and she was living in Boca Raton with her parents. The four girls became friends very fast regardless of the age difference between them. Maria (15), the two girls from Fort Lauderdale were 15 and 17, and the girl from Boca Raton was 20. Unable to go to clubs, the girls enjoied, small, and pleasurable activities such as going to the movies, spending time in Borders, attending car or bike shows. Starbucks became their favorite coffee shop.