CURRENT MISSION

drink as much goiaba juice as I can before returning to the U.S.

ABOUT ME

I'm a pretty simple person. I study social work and have been living in Brazil the past three months doing some volunteer work and teaching English in an after school program. Eu ADORA Brazil and my dream is to live here. I love reading, rock music and eating mangos : )

PHILOSOPHY

Karma

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just surfing for now, but I plan on hosting when I'm back in the states : )

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

WONDERFUL! The hospitality of my hosts has amazed me.

Interests

Beaches, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, BOPE, caipora, music, camping, learning Portuguese, Civil Rights, other cultures, devouring new fruits that the U.S. doesn't have (goiaba, graviola etc.)

• civil rights
• drinking
• clothing
• reading
• volunteer work
• magic
• music
• rock music
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing
• social work
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Ciudad de Deus, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, Up In The Air, The Wrestler, Vanilla Sky...

Music: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, The Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews Band, Radiohead, Coldplay, Jimi Hendrix, Modest Mouse, No Doubt, Sufjan Stevens, The Pixies, The Strokes, Third Eye Blind.... to name a few.

Books: The Bell Jar (actually, anything by Sylvia Plath) 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hemingway, Nabokav,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The parting of the Amazonian River and Rio Negro. So cool!

Teach, Learn, Share

If a bus is crowded, always go to the back because you're less likely to get jostled by people entering and seats are usually available sooner!
Also, when backpacking, be sure to pack dryer sheets! they work like magic, keeping your clothes smelling fresh when you can't get to a laundry machine.

Countries I’ve Visited

France

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States

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