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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, Korean
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • English teacher
  • Communication Studies
  • From Canada
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

Passionate about the performing arts, languages, cultures. Love dancing, 7 years of flamenco and 3 of hip hop training.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have never hosted people before, but I have slept on other people's couches in France, England, Spain and Japan. It's a great way to meet new people and learn more about the local culture. Everyone who has hosted me has been extremely generous and kind. I haven't been able to host people because of the set up I have had the past few years, but I would love to be able to host people in the future and give back to the community.

Interests

Traditional Asian music, dance, jazz music, languages, traveling

  • arts
  • culture
  • performing arts
  • dancing
  • flamenco
  • shopping
  • traveling
  • music
  • jazz
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Eraserhead, the beauty myth, black like me

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

What a difficult question! I am not sure I can pick a specific moment, but I can say that Beijing really impressed me. I felt like I was in a different world, every moment was totally exciting!
I also lived in the Philippines for 6 months. This shocked me in a different way because it was the first time I saw such extreme poverty. This affected me very deeply and since then I do not care to shop and consume like I used to. It really changed my consumption habits and left in me a great deal of sadness. I think it is important for everyone to experience living in a third world country and to see such poverty with your own eyes. It made me realize how spoiled and greedy we are in Western developed countries.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Chile, Germany, Philippines, South Korea

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