My name is Linh. I was born and raised in Vietnam, graduated from an international high school in Israel with kids from more than 40 countries in the world and currently am a freshman at Babson College, a business undergrad school in the United States.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am purely interested in the stories of each individual from different backgrounds. I travel to collect these stories about people, cities and countries, and tell them through the art of photojournalism. I am strong believer of humans' natural kindness and have been lucky enough to experience at first hand so much of that during my travels.
That's why I am on couchsurfing to be a part of a community who shares the same interests and belief as I do

Interests

• culture
• writing
• politics
• reggaeton
• middle east
• asian food
• entrepeneurship

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

“Hi. My name is Linh. I am from Vietnam”

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That was the only sentence I was able to speak properly when I first came EMIS, my high school in Israel.

Four years ago, at the age of 16, I took my first flight abroad ever. That was my flight to EMIS. It is a special international high school that brought kids from all over world together for the mission “to make education a force for peace and sustainability in the Middle East”. Besides my two big suitcases, the rest was little. I was little. (I mean, I still am). Little did I know about myself, about the world, the conflict of the region. Little did I know that I was about to spend the best two years of my life. Little did I speak English. Little did I expect that two years after that day, I would be the student speaker, delivering the graduation speech on behalf of the graduating class (and yes, it was in English).

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook authentic Vietnamese food and enjoy some good laugh with hosts

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, Spain, United States, Viet Nam