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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Being a cultural ambassador to the world and moving through it with grace and style! I've been living between the U.S. and bouncing around Europe since finishing uni. I like to keep connected to French life and international living wherever I am. I've been in the U.S. for several months and am preparing for graduate studies and research abroad this fall (2018).
ABOUT ME
I have a bright personality and am a joy to be around. My greatest resource and wealth are my relationships with people. I am a cultural ambassador and citizen of the world. I am passionate about lots of things.
PHILOSOPHY
Be as great as you want to be so that others will choose to be as great as they are.
Dance will save us all.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
I love travel and I love people. I love being in the world and being a global citizen. This site has some of the most generous, kind, empathetic people--and I've met a ton of them. The world could always use a bit more couch surfing.
Interests
blueberries, cereal, people, culture, rice cakes, language, the arts, dance, music, orange juice, warm showers, stretching.
- arts
- culture
- dancing
- cooking
- traveling
- music
- surfing
Music, Movies, and Books
Auberge Espagnol, Le Fabuleux Déstin d'Amélie Poulain, Titanic, Y Tu Maman Tambien, Lady Gaga, jazz (classic and contemporary), biographies
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
learned another language, left my birth country.
Teach, Learn, Share
I always enjoy getting from place to place. Travelling is wonderful; there is so much to be learned in a new place. But moreso than that I enjoy most not where I am but the act of getting from one place to another. That is where the most interesting things happen for me. Like dance, the power of travel is in the transition, not just the state that you arrive in.
What I Can Share with Hosts
I have a warm and cheerful personality and have really dope stories to share about my travels and my adventures. I can teach you some English or French and maybe you have a language you could share with me. Cooking is something else I like to do with and for my hosts; I'm no chef, but I'm VERY creative!
Countries I’ve Visited
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, British
Countries I’ve Lived In
France, Ireland, Netherlands, United States