CURRENT MISSION

I'm on a career break. I was in Detroit for most part of September doing a volunteer work with an organization called All Hands that does disaster response.

Right now, I'm in Portland and I will be heading to Seattle soon and then to California area.

ABOUT ME

I was born and raised in Tigray, Ethiopia. Right now, I work and live in DC.

I'm usually struggling to learn new skills to better my life. Just recently, I learned how to swim, and I have also included Meditation and Yoga into my life.

I care about family and friends. I have not traveled much but looking forward to travel and see the beautiful things that the world has to offer...

PHILOSOPHY

The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.” ~ Garth Brooks

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet international travelers and share my experience with my hosts and also learn from my host.

Interests

Volunteer work, Mindfulness meditation, learning about culture, language, outdoor exercises, hanging out with friends, calling old friends/ roommates every now and then and learning new SKILLS.

• culture
• yoga
• meditation
• traveling
• volunteer work
• outdoor activities
• swimming
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

I like to read psychology, Government, Dipolomacy and politics, self help types of books.

- I have read lots of self help types of books
- Dreams from my father- Barack Obama
- Ethiopia Hisotry- By Harold G Marcus
- Books written in Amharic and Tigrinya

Movie: the Incredible and UP are some of my favorite movies

Music- West African ( Wizkid, Davido), Stromae, Nancy Ajiram, Amir Diab, Turkan and Many other Ethiopian and American music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learning how to swim at age 32 was one of the amazing thing I have done so far

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to teach Ethiopia languages, dances and cuisine.

And I wanna know more about the importance of Yoga and Meditation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm very friendly person and my guests will feel like they have met me before.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ethiopia, United States