CURRENT MISSION

Meet the wonderful people of São Paulo ! Speak better Portuguese and Learn French

ABOUT ME

I just transitioned to Brazil to do a fulbright fellowship in Sao Paulo in 2010 and am living with my boyfriend, Luis, from Fortaleza, Brazil. We are passionate about creating positive, sustainable change in the nonprofit sector and enjoying life--particularly through travel, salsa dancing, brazilian music and cooking delicious meals with amazing people. We enjoy great conversation and people who are passionate about living life and sharing it with others. From our experience so far, that is everyone in São Paulo! :)

PHILOSOPHY

O valor das coisas não está no tempo que elas duram, mas na intensidade com que acontecem. Por isso existem momentos inesquecíveis, coisas inexplicáveis e pessoas incomparáveis.
~Fernando Pessoa
("The value of things is not in the time that they last, but in the intensity with which they occur. For this reason there exist unforgettable moments, inexplicable things and incomparable people." -Fernando Pessoa (it's better in portuguese though! ;)

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give" - Winston Churchill

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We both couchsurfed in Barcelona with a friend from college and it was AMAZING! I also couchsurfed with two people in São Paulo before finding a place and they are now among my closest friends here.

Interests

International studies (Africa y suramerica), traveling, salsa dancing, latin music, cooking brazilian food, running in the rain- and now in marathons!, futbol, reading, great food and good company

• dancing
• salsa dancing
• dining
• cooking
• running
• reading
• traveling
• music
• latin music

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: 100 Years of Solitude, O Homem que Queria Salvar o Mundo, Love in the Time of Cholera, Catch- 22, Beloved, Candide, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Eva Luna, Wicked

Movies: Crash, BLOW, City of God, Tropa d'Elite, Ray, The Shawshank Redemption, Waltz with Bashir, Man on Wire, Gladiator (I admit it!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I biked across the United States when I was in High School--from Georgia to California. It was an incredible way to see the Southern United States, a part of the country I had never been to before. It took a group of 10 of us 6 weeks to do 3,200 miles with all of our stuff...an AMAZING experience!

and Luis, well, he was born in Cuba and lived there for 9 years, so that's pretty amazing, no? ;) He has also lived in Palestine and Argentina studying abroad!

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