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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Humanitarian relief in US
ABOUT ME
I am a married mom of 3 grown sons. I have been a teacher, and am always the student. I love to meet people who have had experiences different than my own and hear about what they think and understand about the world. I have been to 35 countries both with and without children, almost always traveling independently in order to get to know people and life wherever I am
PHILOSOPHY
Walk carefully, pay attention, fly far
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Most likely I will be hosting, but I love to travel too and when I'm without the rest of my family, I would love to have friends I can look up and hang out with
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have been the recipient of very generous hospitality in my traveling outside of this network, and appreciate the opportunity to participate in a more formalized network both hosting and visiting. My son got me into this network, and he has had some great experiences, so I thought I would try too
Interests
Running, gardening, camping & hiking, university classes for fun, history, politics, culture. Right now I am planning on working with the refugees crossing into South Texas. I have traveled extensively in Central and South America in the last couple of years and care a great deal about what they have come from and that they make it to where they are going
- culture
- literature
- humanitarian relief
- running
- flying
- gardening
- politics
- traveling
- socializing
- hiking
- camping
- teaching
- history
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
6 month road trip from Nairobi to Edinburgh with 3 kids in tow - ages 11, 14, 16. Traveling with kids is a wonderful way of connecting and seeing the world!
Teach, Learn, Share
Latin American culture and literature, mixed race/culture marriage
Countries I’ve Visited
Belize, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Virgin Islands, U.S.
Countries I’ve Lived In
United States