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Overview

  • 77 references 59 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Russian
  • 29, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • Research
  • PhD student in Political Science
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

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PLEASE READ MY HOME SECTION CAREFULLY BEFORE SENDING A REQUEST. Please take the time to send me a thoughtful personalized request. I will only host WOMEN (non-binary/queer/LGBTQ couchsurfers are welcome). If you don't read my profile, I will DECLINE instantly. People who send me copy-paste messages, no « hi » or empty profiles will get an instant ‘NO’. Also, I would prefer hosting people with references. Please make an effort if you want to stay with me :)

I am a curious, easy-going, determinate and open-minded woman. Lover of arts, cultures, sciences, great people, travels. Everything fascinates me, I wanna learn, travel and be around people. I seek good energies and I wanna do more in this life than just live in it; I wanna see the world, connect with people from everywhere and inspire people. I want to add values to the spaces and lives of those around me.

I am from Canada, Québec (the French part) and I grew up in a very small town. I studied Psychology in Montréal and traveled for a year (2017-2018) after while doing an exchange program in Helsinki, Finland. Right now, I am doing a Master's degree in Political science. I am an intersectional feminist and I would say that social justice and women's rights are the things I care about the most in this world. Questioning and resisting dominant power structures is at the center of my life. I am also a vegan for political and ethical reasons.

Я изучаю русский язык !!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I traveled across Europe all summer of 2015. I really liked the concept of Couchsurfing: a truly authentic experience, a real cultural exchange. I had unforgettable moments and met incredible people from around the world. I also traveled around the world in 2017-2018 and couchsurfed from Iceland to South Korea. The moments I had because of CS will forever be in my heart and I will never forget them. There are no words to describe them!

I think Couchsurfing is pretty much the best thing on the Internet.

Interests

We can talk for hours, watch documentaries, walk around, I am curious and I want to know everything. I can show you my beautiful city and tell you things about Québec history and culture :)

  • literature
  • documentaries
  • human rights
  • politics
  • visual arts
  • social sciences
  • plants
  • feminism
  • socialism
  • vegan cooking
  • intercultural communication
  • alternative lifestyles
  • specialty coffee
  • soviet architecture

Music, Movies, and Books

I love classical music, psychedelic rock, indie, Middle-Eastern music, Turkish funk, Russian post-punk, electro, sovietwave, and jazz.

I like psychological dramas, weird and indie films, documentaries and aesthetic movies. I love foreign movies (especially Iranian and Turkish movies!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Becoming vegan
- Riding a camel and sleeping in the Sahara desert
- Left home alone with my backpack and spent my 20th birthday in Ireland. It was an inner revolution.
- Visited the family of my boyfriend in Mexico and learned Spanish by myself
- I drove the entire Ring Road in Iceland with my boyfriend
- Picked wild mushrooms and berries in the Finnish wild forests
- I have done the trans-Siberian railway and Couchsurfed in a traditional yurt in Mongolia
- I have walked on the Great wall of China
- Traveled only by land from Finland to Turkey and then from Russia to Thailand

Teach, Learn, Share

I certainly would like to share my life's experiences and knowledge with people. But, I mostly, wanna learn from them. All and all, I wanna share these two things and create honest and beautiful connections.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, cooking, languages, knowledge, listening, things about places I traveled to and where I live, coffee, etc. I can teach you how to make vegan poutine, «cheese», pancakes, desserts or any 'veganized' version of your favorite dishes :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Finland

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