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Legal Name: Danny Vladimir Colombara (I was named after Donny Osmond … but they misunderstood my mom’s accent)
Ethnic Name: Giovanni Enrique (I was almost given this name in honor of my granddads)
Ke De-Neng…honorary Taiwanese name
Birthday: Summer 1974
Birthplace: New York City
Hometown: Norwalk, CT
Adult Stompin’ Ground: Boston, MA (1992-2003)
Grad: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Masters of Divinity
Heritage: Italian dad & Ecuadorian mom (unfortunately I got the recessive genes … don’t play soccer, can’t dance, & ain’t sexy)
Have been mistaken as: Jewish, Arab, Filipino, Pakistani (& once as Korean by my own mom)
Current Hobbies: travel, building this web site, reading, working out, horticulture, & eating
Past activities: track, lightweight crew, Phi Kappa Theta frat house
Likes: Jesus, Anita (she’s a total babe), passionate people, movies, trying new cuisines, exotic flowers, the outdoors, trying to fix things (try is the operative word here)
Dislikes: Flying, food poisoning, romantic comedies, seafood (yes, even lobster)
Jobs: “Mr. Cappuccino”, dishwasher, busboy, waiter, swimming pool cleaner, demolition, construction, bookkeeper, manager, pastor, pencil counter, phone surveyor, admin assistant, missionary
Churches: St. Mary’s Catholic Church; St. John’s Korean United Methodist Church; Cambridge Community Fellowship Church; The Gathering Christian Fellowship
Current long-term vision: to demonstrate and advance the kingdom of God among the poor.