I am a 26 year old girl currently living in Bologna. I have just finished University in Amsterdam and I would love to work as an aid worker and researcher.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have been participating on couchsurfing since 2008 and I really enjoy the astonishing hospitality and spontaneous encounters with new people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had several couchsurfing experiences the past years in Costa Rica, Greece, Italy, Spain. I hosted a number of guests when i lived in a student flat in Amsterdam. All of these encounters were very different from each other and were all positive and often refreshing.

Interests

I am interested in anthropology, migration issues and human rights issues in conflict areas. I recently did research on the arrival and reception of unaccompanied minors in Italy and on human rights violations in Eritrea.

Also I play violin, enjoy doing yoga and pilates and I love watching documentaries. A recent documentary which amazed me was 'the land of the englightened' by Pieter-Jan de Pue on the children living in the war-torn Afghan valleys.

Currently I am volunteering in Bologna for the Italian medical NGO 'Emergency'. Emergency performs the badly needed medical assistance including surgical operation on victims of war violence and assist thousands of patients in the pedriatic hospitals and rehabilitation centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Central African Republic and Sierra Leone and assist in saving boat migrants on the Mediterranean and cure recently arrived migrants in the Sicilian ports and seasonal workers in different Italian regions.

• documentaries
• meditation
• world music
• ngos
• migration
• unaccompanied minors

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently favorite music: Alice Russel, Buddy Miles, Caetano Veloso, Fabrizio de André, Doe Maar, Marisa Monte, Gogoosh and so on.

Favorite writers: Nikolaj Gogolj, Herman Hesse, Jorge Amado, Gael Garcia Marques, Dave Eggers

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to exchange skills!
I would really like to study Arabic and French and learn new cooking recipes. Furthermore I would be interested in learning acrobatic tricks.

What I Can Share with Hosts

for example i could teach you Dutch or give violin classes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Indonesia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal, Romania, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Italy, Netherlands, Spain