Ariyana from Texas

Rico is a very artistic and creative youth. He would like to attend art school one day. Rico likes to draw cartoon strips and even wants to create anime for all ages when he grows up. He also wants to be a tattoo artist one day. Rico's best friend would describe him as funny, tall, heroic, smart, pretty, and cute. He would like to learn how to professionally apply makeup. Rico's favorite movie is A Silent Voice. His favorite anime shows are the following: Black Butler, Naruto, and One Punch Man. He also likes to watch Korean dramas. Rico would love to go to an anime convention one day. He has a very active imagination and enjoys reading fantasy books, such as The Twilight book series. Rico loves to learn how to be creative and likes instructional crafting books. He even knows how to make origami fortune tellers from reading a crafting book. Rico has learned how to sketch and would like to take as many art classes as possible to learn more techniques. If he could go on vacation, he would like to go see the Northern Lights or pet a fox.

Rico's forever family will be accepting of his identity and have an active lifestyle. His family home environment will be one where he has various opportunities for new experiences. Rico's family will be a loving, nurturing, and patient family who will be understanding. He will benefit from a patient family as he adjusts to his new home, and who will offer him unconditional love.