I play guitar and sing in the band Trails & Ways (http://soundcloud.com/trailsandways/), and play synthesizer for the ambient projects Bio Services and Bio-Ofrenda. In the past years, I've organized a project for climate change communication and justice (http://floatmap.us), and with a campaign for a universal public healthcare system in California. In August I'll begin a PhD in Geography at Berkeley, researching the politics of climate change, electric grids and recreation space, through the lens of theories on care and play.

I also love to swim, cook for friends, draw simple line drawings, and write short, aimless poems. My personality tends towards the day-dreaming, soft-spoken, and corny-joke end of the spectrum.

I've hosted a handful of travelers, and helped my housemates host many other travelers. I stayed with seven amazing hosts on a journey across Brazil in 2010, who showed me inspiring kindness and aid, and the Couchsurfing community was the start for many lasting friendships. I'm looking forward to giving back as much as I've been given!

If I've written you about hosting Trails & Ways, here's some more info about the band: we are four people (two women and two men, including me) and we are a considerate, friendly and generally mellow bunch, all of us with extensive experience of responsible living in cooperative housing. Dozens of Couchsurfers have generously hosted Trails and Ways when we've gone on tour. for which I have endless gratitude! My bandmate Emma used to arrange couchsurfing for us, but I've volunteered to take over the job from her. if you want to read the feedback we've received as a band, you can read her profile at: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/emmao/references

Interests

bossanova, postpunk, soul, dreampop, bicycle repair, orest ecology, mountain geology, street art, social history, renewable energy

• arts
• street art
• cooking
• vegan
• guitar
• swimming
• ecology
• geography
• geology
• history
• bicycle

Music, Movies, and Books

ursula k le guin/italo calvino/grace lee boggs
tom zé/elliott smith/broadcast/wire
agnes varda/margerethe von trotta/werner fassbinder

What I Can Share with Hosts

when am traveling with my band, we like to share a copy of our newest album with our hosts!
when I'm traveling on my own. I love to cook for my hosts. I make decent vegan pizza, thai noodles and kettle corn.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States