"The paradox of the human condition is that one can become oneself only under the influence of others."

"The true liberation of man is through the liberation of the woman."

"The whole difference between construction and creation lies in this precise fact: a constructed thing can not be loved after being built, but a created thing is loved before it even exists."

PHILOSOPHY

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor,never the tormented." ~Elie Wiesel

' If you come only to help me, you can go back home. But if you consider my struggle as part of your struggle for survival, then maybe we can work together.' Aboriginal woman

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love life, I like to live, I like to feel alive!

 I am free, I am happy, I want to know more, to better understand this reality around us.

let us go forward and use our minds and hearts, not only to establish strategies, but above all to feel and live our emotions, they will guide us on the path of altruism and empathy ...

What to think of the world that requires immediate change. I would like to participate in the change ... we must stop thinking in terms of structural reform, revolutions, governance transitions ....

Interests

There have been periods of history in which episodes of terrible violence occurred but for which the word violence was never used....

Violence is shrouded in justifying myths that lend it moral legitimacy, and these myths for the most part kept people from recognizing the violence for what it was.

The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness.

The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

evrything is possible to us, just stop thinking it is not...

Teach, Learn, Share

“There are no magic answers, no miraculous methods to overcome the problems we face, just the familiar ones: honest search for understanding, education, organization, action that raises the cost of state violence for its perpetrators or that lays the basis for institutional change — and the kind of commitment that will persist despite the temptations of disillusionment, despite many failures and only limited successes, inspired by the hope of a brighter future”— Noam Chomsky

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mali, Monaco, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland