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Overview

  • 21 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • scholar activist and vice versa
  • life-long learner!
  • From Asheville, NC, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Grad school and start a farm cafe

ABOUT ME

"Yo soy como el chile verde, picante pero sabroso"

My favorite poem (thus far) is one by Mary Oliver called "Wild Geese" and I love to dance. I love to cook and eat yummy food, to share chocolate and tea, to make little bouquets of wild flowers. I am very passionate about things I care about and am interested in what makes other people care deeply too. I love to ask "What do you mean by that?"

Cuando viajo, soy más tranquila (a veces..), más callada porque lo más interesante para mí es esuchar a gente nueva y diferente. Te preguntaré sobre todo, especialmente las plantas y hierbas locales.

Gosto muito de explorar lugares urbanos, mas também as áreas naturais. Estudei un pouco de planeamento urbano então estou muito curiosa sobre a idéia da cidade e da cidadão.

Me gustaría ser productora de cacao orgánico un día, tal vez por un tiempo en la tierra de mi abuela en Puerto Rico. Me interesa mucho la agricultura urbana y sostenible--quiero luchar por la soberanía alimentária para todos.

I have a newfound love of honeybees, and I would love to grow lots of lavender to have lavender honey!

PHILOSOPHY

"If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now, I'm a traveler, but in the future I definitely want to be a host too!

Ahora estoy viajando y conociendo a la comunidade de CS, pero en el futuro quiero ser un host!

Agora somente viajo, mas no futuro quero conhecer e receber viajantes.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

AWESOME. INCREIBLE. OTIMO.

Best moment so far:
30 Brazilian CSers at a classic gaucho churrasco outside of Porto Alegre all talking furiously to me at once about which Rio Grande do Sul soccer team is the best. Soooo great!

Interests

I'm interested in learning new dance moves, new languages, cooking and eating yummy food with other people, exploring cities, bees, gardening, talking about poetry, politics, or anything else!

Eu gosto de dançar, cozinhar e comer comida saborosa com amigos, explorar lugares novos (especialmente cidades), trabalhar na terra, falar de poesía, política, qualquer coisa realmente...

Cuales son las cosas que me gustan? Buenos pues, me encanta bailar y quiero aprender mas sobre todos los bailes del mundo. Me gusta cociñar y comer comida bien sabrosa con amigos, explorar lugares aún desconocidos, como cidades... tengo interés en agricultura urbuna (sostenible), política rebelde, cooperativismo, y más!

  • poetry
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • chocolate
  • gardening
  • flowers
  • politics
  • soccer
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Live music (musica viva/ao vivo)
Salsa, bachata, tropicália, hip hop
Calle 13

Pedro Almodóvar
Jean-Luc Godard
Ingmar Bergman
Los tres amigos: Iñarritu, del Toro, Cuarón

Poetry/poesía- Adrienne Rich, Mary Oliver
Maps!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ver la puesta del sol desde Casapueblo y visitar a Cabo Polónio (en Uruguay).

Went to the international Slow Food conference, Terra Madre in 2008.

Fui para o Alto Xingu na floresta Amazonica.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Nicaragua, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, United States

Old School Badges

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