CURRENT MISSION

Live outside the box. Have fun. Learn new things everyday.

ABOUT ME

I am silly, random, spontaneous, and pretty energetic. I would rather be moving than sitting any day. I've been flying in airplanes since I was born. Its kind of hard to avoid since I was born on the island of Guam. My parents have been around the world twice, and I have inherited a serious case of the travel bug. Since then I have been to Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Germany, UK,Ireland, Costa Rica, Belize, Palau, Tunisia, Malta, Bermuda, and a few others. I spent a summer in Spain as well as in France. I lived in Pohnpei,Micronesia for 10 month working as a volunteer teacher. This year, I lived in Rio de Janeiro for 4 months to enjoy Carnaval and also to teach business English. I studied Italian in Florence, Italy a few years ago and I just moved back to FLORENCE in September 2011 to work for a study abroad program. Im going to be living here in Florence for the next year or so.

PHILOSOPHY

People are the single most important thing in life. I want to be the kind of person that is learning new things everyday and what better way to learn about life and the world, than to travel and talk to new people!I feel like there are so many people who want to travel,work, intern around the world...and there aren't people to help them find the right connections. I would love to create a company that assists young people in making those dreams come true.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I went to the weekly couchsurfing meeting when I was living in Rio de Janiero. I live in Miami now, and I'd like to meet and hang out with people who love to travel!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed in New York City.

Interests

Romance languages-- Italian,Spanish,French, and Portuguese. Spanish guitar music. BARCELONA.playing soccer

• culture
• marathon
• pub crawls
• flying
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• skydiving
• boxing
• soccer
• world cup
• business
• teaching
• languages
• study abroad
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Eat. Pray. Love. Flee the Captor,The Shack. V for Vendetta, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Music: Latin music. Reik, Camila, Jovanotti. Music I can dance to. Since moving to Italy the first time.. I have really fallen in love with Techno and House music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving
Helicopter ride in New Zealand
Underground cave tubing in NZ
Ziplining in Costa Rica,
Jumped off 35 ft waterfalls in Pohnpei,
Watched the 2006 World cup final in pub in Cork, Ireland
Ran a marathon, and was the youngest runner :)
Did a 6 mile jungle hike in flipflops
Stayed in a castle in Ireland
Ran off an airplane.... this was not pre-planned, and luckily I did not get arrested!

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach Italian for beginners, as well as all levels of English.
I help people plan their trips to Italy. If you'd like some tips or recommendations, just let me know!
I am full of random and spontaneous ideas!
I know how to make some good caipirinhas.
I can tell you about South Pacific island life, Italian culture, and how to train for a marathon.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belize, Bermuda, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Guam, Italy, Micronesia, Federated States of, United States

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