*I just moved to Richmond! Need to get settled before I start hosting but am looking to meet up with new friends!*

I rock climb, and I make great empanadas. I travel and have adventures! I especially love road trips. I write poems and paint. I am a union organizer and will talk unions and the labor movement with you all day long.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to meet new people and make new friends on the road;

I like to meet people who travel and share what makes my city special;

I like to help fellow travelers on their way

Interests

Rock climbing, organizing, cooking, poetry, languages, learning Portuguese, good drinks, new food, hanging with good people, avocados, and adventure.

• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• rock climbing
• languages
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie: Miss Pettigrew Lives for A Day, El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Fantastic Mr. Fox, August: Osage County. This is not a complete list.

Books: Borges, Garcia Lorca, Neruda, Don Quijote, the Wind in the Willows, Tamora Pierce, and Agatha Christie. This is not a complete list. I love new poetry recommendations. A recent surfer introduced me to Fernando Pessoa.

Music: I have a spotify playlist where I put any good new music that I hear. Therefore this list is constantly growing and I look forward to you contributing to it. Live music preferred.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked to Machu Picchu; took a solo road trip through South America; and Europe; many places now; Learned Spanish; Hiked nine miles with a broken wrist; I try to do amazing things all the time

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United States