I am a Rio de Janeiro native aka carioca, born and raised between the sands of Ipanema beach and the mountains of Floresta da Tijuca. A student at the Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro from age 3-18, I later attended Oberlin College in Ohio, USA. I took a year from my college education to attend a multi-country study abroad program called IHP-Beyond Globalization. During that program, I stayed with host families often and it was an essential and incredible part of my experience. Post-college I moved back to Rio where I have been living and working since.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love the non-commercial nature of Couchsurfing, a community of people willing to host each other simply for the experience of making travelers' more enjoyable!

Interests

• arts
• literature
• theater
• photography
• education
• music
• environmental studies
• study abroad
• beaches
• mountains
• nature
• circus
• social justice
• latin america
• environmental justice
• social movements
• zero waste
• theater of the oppressed

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Pink Floyd, Queen, Paul Simon, Vampire Weekend, Manu Chao, Jack Johnson, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Led Zeppelin, Lorde, U2, Kings of Leon, Titãs, Raul Seixas, Tim Maia, Cássia Eller, Os Paralamas do Sucesso, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil

Books: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) , Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn), House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende), Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig), Einstein's Dreams (Alan Lightman), Tropical Sol da Liberdade (Ana Maria Machado), Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling), Capitães da Areia (Jorge Amado)

Movies & TV: Little Miss Sunshine, Inception, Everything is Illuminated, Finding Nemo, RENT, Juno, House, Orange is the New Black, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Un cuento chino, 13 Reasons Why, RuPaul's Drag Race

Radio: This American Life, Invisibilia, Projeto Humanos, Mamilos

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited multiple waste-treatment facilities around the world (recycling centers, landfills, etc) learning about the burdens of waste, its potential, and the impact it has on the lives of people that live off of it.

Teach, Learn, Share

“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

What I Can Share with Hosts

Knowledge about other places I've visited, language skills, positive energy, laughter, music, experiences about environmental and social movements.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Canada, Guatemala, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Tanzania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States