Born in Germany and now a proud Nebraskan, Alexa Allen is a military brat, socialite, “Downton Abbey” enthusiast and fierce friend.<\/p>\n

Although Allen is only 21 years old, she has already lived an adventurous life, living in three different countries across the world. Allen now resides as a communications major at Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska.<\/p>\n

Upon our meeting and within the first few days of living in England, Allen revealed her infectious and envious socialite abilities, something she attributes to moving around the country as a military brat.<\/p>\n

Emily Wotzka (EW): You\u2019ve had quite an interesting life so far. Tell me about being born in Germany and your childhood as a military brat. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexa Allen (AA)<\/strong>: Right, military life. Well, you have just asked me about my favorite topic ever, so good for you.<\/p>\n

So within the military, there are the Army, the Navy, the Marines and the Air Force branches, and my dad was in the Army.<\/p>\n

So growing up I lived in five different places. First, it was Germany, then Wisconsin, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas and then I moved to Nebraska to go to school.<\/p>\n

For the military, that\u2019s actually not a lot of moving around. Usually, people move around a lot more. That was mainly because my dad had a lot of deployments, and, although this was sad, it was good because we didn\u2019t have to move as much.<\/p>\n

EW: How did it feel having to move around every few years? <\/strong><\/p>\n

AA:<\/strong> It was definitely rough. Every year we had new neighbors. Everyone was new at school. Practically every year, everyone would rotate.<\/p>\n

In a way, it was really great because it forced me to become really social and helped me to make a lot of friends really fast. But now looking at it, I\u2019m definitely not good at keeping long-term relationships because I\u2019m so used to having a friend, thinking they\u2019re going to be around for two years and then I\u2019m going to move and probably never talk to them again. And that\u2019s just how I grew up.<\/p>\n