Lili: A long-time vegan, activist, set designer, fabricator, organizer and musician.

Raffaella: A vegan animal liberation activist, art director, poet, photographer wanna-be, DJ in some past live and most importantly… a big dreamer who makes things happen.

See our activist community's work at http://collectivelyfree.org

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To connect with like-minded activist vegans.

We are open to hosting guests but with THREE DISCLAIMERS: 1/you must be a vegan animal rights activist; 2/you must not be afraid of or dislike dogs - otherwise our adopted Brisa may bite you because she hates most humans; and 3/our location in Bay Ridge isn't great as we live at least an hour from most places you'd want to go to.

* We will be traveling to Portland, OR, in early April and are looking for potential vegan hosts. *

We have experience both hosting (in NYC) and as guest (in Istanbul).

Interests

Animal liberation, social justice, veganism, art, design, cycling

• animals
• dogs
• arts
• design
• dining
• recipes
• vegan
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• agriculture

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The China Study, The Great Gatsby, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The Master and Margarita
Films: Almodovar, Miyazaki, Cowspiracy
Music: deep house, progressive trance, indie electro, shoegaze

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Help people wake up to the violent reality of animal agriculture and consciously reject it.

Teach, Learn, Share

We know NYC, we know all vegan or vegan-friendly places, and we know the AR community and all its events.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Passion and knowledge about activism, food recipes, design skills, geekiness and lovely easy-going company!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, United States