WHO AM I???

HELLO

MY NAME IS BENTENDO!!! i am super duper queer, absurdly autistic, a person of COLOR <33 (latino!!! indigenous from venezuela/colombia and spanish origin, parents immigrants from venezuela to the US!! i speak SPANISH & ENGLISH). im a 17 yr old aroace & gay nb transguy :), i have a boyfriend and im poly! i LOVE reading and im working on a book called MARKETLAND. 

i am super duper in biology, especially ecology. i absolutely adore peat and peatlands. i love reptiles & amphibians, an avid herpetologist. i come from a tech family and i like computers, circuitry, radios (specifically ham radio & morse code), and ai. i LOVE bugs oh my god and i'm agnostic. im a plant dad <3, i love fungi, the wood wide web is my lover, and i want to become a research professor eventually! i also love language, i've been dying to learn japanese for YEARS and i want to learn ASL. im philosophical and i love music! i want to learn oboe :PPPP. ive been obsessed with stories all my life and im hyperempathetic. 

i highly value honesty and communication and i take friendship seriously--as an autistic person i can sometimes say inappropriate things and i won't know unless im told, i want people to tell me asap if i've done something wrong so i can fix it.

i'm messy and affectionate and love easily, im emotionally intelligent and i value self-reflection. i love intellectual conversation and philosophical questions. i have a love for complexity and nuance. science is my religion and space is my god. i take pride in how open minded i am and i like to think im a good person. 

please feel free to reach out to me! thanks for reading!