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Cristina Negrea plays with a dog named Fred. Cristina, 10, lives in the Romanian town of Bran. (Daniel Williams - The Washington Post)
My Name Is...Cristina 
BRAN, Romania -- Cristina Negrea is 10 years old and lives near Dracula's castle. But she's not afraid, not the least bit afraid, she says -- except at night.

My Name Is...Babita
POKHARA, Nepal
Babita Biswokarma, age 12, is the youngest in a family of six children. She lives with her mother, father, grandmother and four brothers and sisters -- her eldest sister has married and moved away -- in a small brick-and-concrete house just outside Pokhara, one of Nepal's...

My Name Is... Sayeed
Sayeed Farouk is a 12-year-old Egyptian boy who wears a red baseball cap, lives near giant pyramids and has a camel named after a local rock star.

My Name Is... Mengmeng
Song Mengmeng , 11 years old, lives with his twin brother, Song Wenwen, and his mother and father in Beidiao Yutai, a village of farmers in the countryside of northeastern China.



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