CURRENT MISSION

See the world; laugh; live.

ABOUT ME

Brown hair, eyes, skin, freckles.
Idealistic, stubborn, irreverent, heart-on-sleeve-wearing, unself-righteous do-gooder.

Passionate about social justice.

Into: my new old bike, volunteering, activism, foreign film, sunshine, laughter, people, Kiva.org, cocktails, deliciousness, repeating myself obliviously before I have a chance to edit on profiles like these.

Pittsburgh, PA is the place I call home. At home, I bartend, volunteer, and translate.

I love film, sunshine, aguacate, arroz con habichuelas, tostones, jugo de chinola, laughter, bad dancing with good friends, travel, live music, Irish whiskey & fresh basil. I'm super laidback... I enjoy a bender as much as a night in with a book. I'm a nonjudgemental vegetarian. I drink occasionally; I don't smoke.

PHILOSOPHY

La vida te da muchas vueltas.

"Aquél que no está orgulloso de su origen no valdrá nunca nada, porque empieza por despreciarse a sí mismo." - Pedro Albizu Campos

"No te pongas límites. El único límite eres tú."

兴趣

bad dancing + newbie bike-riding + chopping/transforming raw ingredients into delicious treats + falling off skateboards

BRASIL, Movimento Hip Hop Cultura da Rua, CUFA - Central Unica das Favelas, cocktails, Parque Duarte, il Jazz Club, esfuerzo

sunshine, aguacate, arroz con habichuelas, jugo de chinola, tostones, sangria, Kiva.org SO MUCH, live music, el caribe, laughter, bad dancing, fortaleza, jericoacoara, ceará, brasil, mar, cine, quisqueya, borinquen, Lares, the mediterranean, alicante, travel, the beach, cats + kittens, books

• cats
• books
• dancing
• cocktails
• vegetarian
• drinking
• clubbing
• traveling
• music
• live music
• jazz
• cycling
• hiking
• volunteering
• beaches

音乐、电影和书籍

My favorite live shows of the past year or so were:
* Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
* Ceschi
* Nobody Beats the Drum
* Holy Grail
* Aloe Blacc
* Bilal
* Omara Portuondo

Some of my favorite films are:
* Cidade de Deus - City of God
* Run Lola Run
* Bridge over the River Kwai
* Modern Times
* Caminho das Nuvens
* Carandiru
* I Love You, Phillip Morris
* Amélie
* All Quiet on the Western Front
* Deus é Brasileiro
* O Homem Que Copiava
* Bus 174
* Casa de Areia
* Abril Despedeçado
* Science of Sleep
* Life and Debt
* Darwin's Nightmare
* Paris je t'aime
* Mongolian Ping Pong
* Sanky Panky
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Milk
* Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

.reading.
* Child of the Dark - Quarto de Despejo
* Cabeça de Porco
* Discourse on Colonialism
* The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
* Junot Diaz's short story collections.
* Everything Edwidge Danticat has ever written.
* Sólo cenizas hallarás (bolero) - Pedro Verges
* Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
* When I was Puerto Rican; Almost a Woman - Esmeralda Santiago

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

HA!

I unwittingly did an intense night hike in/outside of Fortaleza, Brasil... in complete silence, barefoot in a Brazilian bikini over mud & mangrove roots, across a river up to my neck, over sanddunes and down them on my stomach...crazy times!

教，学，和分享

I know a decent amount about race relations/construction of race in the Americas and I love to learn more.

I can also teach you to whip up a delicious cocktail or a pitcher of sangria.

I know a good deal about Kiva.org; I can answer many FAQ!

我游览过的国家

Brazil, Puerto Rico, Spain

我居住过的国家

Dominican Republic, United States