CURRENT MISSION

Explore America

ABOUT ME

I'm from Brazil and lived there for most part of my life. When I was 24, I moved to Canada to do my first Master's degree. After living 3 years in this lovely (and cold brrr..) country, I moved to the US to pursue, guess what, another Master's degree. The idea of living and exploring different countries excites me a lot! The Master's is just an excuse.
I have passions besides travelling. I like Social Sciences. I'm a sociologist working with education research. For the past 6 years, I've been studying ways to promote educational quality and equity. Sometimes I wish I was a doctor or an engineer, because I would have money and be less frustrated (much harder to fix social problems!). However, I love what do and I cannot imagine myself studying something else.
I love cooking and eating good food. I had the pleasure to cook for some of my couchsurfers. I really enjoyed it.
I'm usually down for whatever. I like hanging out with people and have long talks while enjoying some beer or wine. If you don't drink any of those, I'd be glad just to go for a coffee and maybe get to know what my next destination will be!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been on Couchsurfing for a year. The more couchsurfers I meet, the more I love this community. I haven't had a single bad experience and met only very nice people. Through Couchsurfing I met an amazing singer (Rusty Scott, you should check him out!); met brave people who traveled across Canada on a bike (this was one interesting case: http://www.tiredofit.ca/); learned more about beer and wine, my favorite drinks; got a Greenpeace membership and became more conscious about environmental issues; met two cool girls who became my roommates; and made new friends!

Interests

• education
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• drinking
• traveling
• cycling
• teaching
• engineering
• medicine
• social science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
The Beatles, Elvis, Jeff Buckley, Beirut, Belle and Sebastian, Cake, David Bowie, The Smiths, Los Hermanos, R.E.M, Arcade Fire, Billie Holliday, Kings of Convenience... I could go for ever with this list!

Movies:
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, La vita e bella, Woody Allen movies, Cidade de Deus (City of God), Zombieland, the Edukators, Machete, Forrest Gump, Pan's Labyrinth, and more.

Books:
I don't read literary books very often, but here are some that I really enjoyed reading "Crime and punishment," "Notre-Dame de Paris," and "Brave New World."

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