Letter of motivation to PhD

Please, I need a hand with my letter of motivation to apply for a Ph D Program. Could you help me to correct orthography and other things you think it could sound better? Thank you!

I am writing to express my interest in applying for the PhD program in the University of Trento.
I was born 25 years ago in Bressanone, a little city in South Tyrol, where most of the people speaks only German; so from my infancy I started to learn a bit of German.
After the normal school, I studied Telecommunications Engineering, from 2002 to 2008, at the University of Trento, where I obtained first a bachelor's degree and after the master's degree. During my studies, I was sometime a curious student because I knew that to pursue a scientific career, one most begin early. I expect that the PhD position will contribute to my future career.
During the bachelor's carrier I understood which one were my prefer interests in the computer science's area, for example pattern recognition, machine learning and image/signal processing. So, with the professor Farid Melgani, I decided to write my first final thesis about the reconstruction of cloud-contaminated areas, in multispectral imagery with contextual techniques, like the Support Vector Machines (SVM).
In the second cycle of my studies (the master's degree), I learned more about pattern recognition and machine learning, but I researched also in other directions, like Data hiding and Automatic speech recognition and understanding. I spend also 6 months in Lódz, in Poland, for the Erasmus program; there I improved my English, and I started to learn the basis of the Polish grammar. With this experience I learned a lot about myself and about Polish and European people and culture. I also strengthened my conviction to be a scientist, and to learn more about other countries. Always during this second cycle of my studies I decided to write the final thesis, as well with the professor Melgani, about the prenatal cardiac monitoring, using a PSO-based (Particle Swarm Optimization) approach.
My aim after completing my master's degree was to continue my academic studies as I have always been an determined student, who thoroughly enjoys carrying out
research. So after finishing my studies, I worked as researcher/computer programmer for one year at the T.R.I.T.on (Trentino Research & Innovation for Tunnel Monitoring) project, at the Work-project 5, which deals at the Road Safety through Automatic Video surveillance. During this time, I worked in a development team, and I learned more about working with different people in varied disciplines.
I am eager to learn more, and I would be grateful for your consideration of my candidacy.