I grew up with three siblings in an ecological village in a midsize town in Germay. I always was surrounded by many different people from different countries as I (Chile) and my siblings (Argentina, Costa Rica and USA) all went abrod for an exchange year in high school.

Due to the fact that I love doing sports, beeing outside in the nature and do all this together with friends I am a very communicative person. I like to meet knew people withe different backgrounds - sharing ideas, thoughts and values is what I like most about it.

Some years ago I decided to quit my job in order to make a master programm in social end ecological subjects related to business. before i start my master I went traveling to discover India, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and lately Japan.

I am the founder of a sustainable fashion brand. We do sale 100% fair trade and organic cotton clothes, bags and shoes from India in New Zealand.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I do and will continue to work for a world with equality an sustainable development, especially in environmental and social terms... or to say it in the words of Mahatma Gandhi "Be the change you want to see in the world".

Interests

• culture
• cooking
• traveling
• surfing
• sports
• business
• volunteering

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1) In 2003 I have choosen to spend a student exchange year in Chile, South America. To be Part of a foreign family and living in a totaly new culture was an amazing experience which changed my life in an extremly postive way. Till today I am in touch with my hostfamily and friends from that time.
2) Bevor I graduated from High School in Germany I lived in an apartment-sharing-community with a palestinian student. Meeting him, learning about the grate dificulties in Israel/Palestina and later visiting him and his family in Israel was an unforgetable experience.
3) In 2012 I convinced the manager of the company I am working for to start a project dealing with poor people living in the slums arround the world (Liter of Light). Even though the managers where in the beginning totaly against this project they accepted to build a team within the company to tackle this issue. In 2013 I could see the results in the slum we supported in Mumbai by visiting these familys...
4) Traveling for 7 month through Asia, working as volunteer and starting up a own social business community while meeting so many interesting and inspiring people.

Teach, Learn, Share

Spanish, english, saxofon, cooking, all kind of business consultant aspects like marketing, sales, project management, communication and pr

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Germany, New Zealand, Spain