Full Name: Ricardo Ponta Garça
Academic Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Newport, Rhode Island
Relationship Status: Single
Twitter Name: @rickypontagarca
Favorite movie and why? Cruel Intentions, its intellectually stimulating, just the chemistry within the characters is really realistic; it doesn’t seem like a forced thing. Its has Ryan Phillipe and Reese Witherspoon, it felt like high school watching it.
Best date you’ve ever been on?: During restaurant week here in Boston, the girl I was dating I had asked her out and we went to Gas Light in the South End. I surprised her with some chocolates from Lindt, and while dinner was happening all the servers and the owner of the restaurant came to all the tables and offered everyone rose champagne and the entire restaurant toasted to Julia Child. Between the candle lit tables to the champagne glasses raised it was a very “picturesque” moment”
Biggest Turn on?: Confidence, and being aware of who they are. A leader that knows when to follow.
Biggest Turn off?: Cockiness, pretentiousness, lack of hygiene.
Celeb Crush?: Angelina Jolie, she’s stunning and there isn’t a role she’s played that she hasn’t been able to conquer. She has a large range as far as characters go, from being an action archeologist from tomb raider to a mother who lost her child in Changling. She has a very structured face and flawless features.
Future Career Goals/Ambitions?: Owning and running a very successful real estate brokerage firms, and maybe a couple dunkin doughnuts franchises on the side.
Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my family, going out, having memorable moments with friends (regardless of what we’re doing), midnight drives with no destination, movie marathons, meeting new people, shopping, horseback riding, tending my families farm.
Most embarrassing moment: Freshman year of high school I was wearing skinny jeans and went to go pick up something from the bottom of my locker and my pants ripped from my inner thigh going all the way up my butt… this was only five minutes after homeroom, and I went the entire day with ripped pants.
3 things you would bring with you to a deserted island? A machete to cut things, branches from trees or whatever, a fishing pole for obvious reasons, and a lighter. I’ve seen enough Man vs Wild to know how to live a decent life.
Best part about your Suffolk experience so far? Meeting my close friends, all the experiences we’ve had, all the good times and stupid moments we’ve had, the times we’ve partied, wasting afternoons in 73, and the very accomplished all nighters of studying on the 2nd floor of West.
Whats an interesting fact about you most people don’t know? As much as I love going out and partying, I would much prefer staying in, in PJs and watching netflix