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Overview

  • 45 references 39 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • University teacher. PhD student
  • MASTER, Economy and Business Administration
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To help people and respect nature and all living things, especially animals.

ABOUT ME

I am friendly person. I love travelling and knowing new cultures and ways of thinking people. I enjoy showing travellers around my hometown and making them feel right at home in my home.

PHILOSOPHY

There exist so many religions and so few happy children (Ricardo Arjona). I believe that the best religion consists of doing good without looking at who it's for.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I attend meetups and CS events in Quito - Ecuador and I try to help the fellow travellers with information or hosting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCES

My experiences are awesome! As a host and guest I met so many great people! I made this people part of my history life! ;) . I look forward to heard about every CS experience and make new experiences during my trips.
Who introduced me into Couchsurfing was Maier Ronney a wonderful guy from Switzerland. My first experience Couchsurfing with him was awesome. I will never forget from him the essence of a unconditionally person. He was always very respect person and helping in everything that he can do it. Unique humor sense, motivator and share me great experiences from his trips and life. He was already traveling around the world 4 years when I meet him. He stayed in my home for almost 2 weeks and he was who motivated me to leave everything and start traveling using this great system, which has a lot value to former you as a person, because you basically have the opportunity to live the real experience with other people, be flexible, adaptable, listen and understand the others, teamwork, tolerant, help at home and the most important learn from their culture and ending being great friends around the world!

Interests

I started an entrepreneur idea few years ago A guesthouse in Quito- Ecuador. Actually this is driving by my family and currently I'm living in Prag Czech Republic . I will be happy to help with couch in my country Quito Ecuador or in Prag where I'm living now . One room at home is always resérvate for surfers 😉 When I’m visit my mom I help at the guesthouse and I show to the tourists how beautiful and fascinating is my country Ecuador, our customs, culture, art, cuisine, flora, fauna and others.
I also love learn from the new cultures and make connections with travelers or entrepreneurs around the world.

  • animals
  • arts
  • culture
  • singing
  • acting
  • ballet dancing
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • working out
  • traveling
  • volunteer work
  • watching sports
  • animal care
  • scuba diving
  • skiing
  • sports
  • motor sports
  • extreme sports
  • business
  • teaching
  • entrepreneurship
  • tourism
  • volunteering
  • watching movies
  • learning languages
  • dance
  • playing guitar
  • learning new things
  • people watching
  • playing music
  • horror movies
  • pole dance
  • magic tricks
  • arabic music
  • watching football
  • teaching spanish
  • teaching english
  • fly
  • childcare
  • basejumping
  • babysitting
  • hiking in the mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Titanic, Always by Your Side, Ice Age,Puss in boots, Shrek,Paranormal Activity. Music: LOREENA McKENNITT, Crystallize - Lindsey Stirling, Emotional Celtic Music. Salsa, Reegge, Pop, Electronic music, Clasic music.Books: Ghandy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I teach my students the real value of the life. Why are you here? What are you doing here? and How are you doing here? Are you really happy with the things that are you doing? What is your contribution for the the world? How the people will remind you? Don't think only on materials things, the real value is how happy and what did you do here in the world , maybe helping others or maybe rescue the nature?

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to share my experiences as a business teacher, Entrepreneurship and Design Thinking, spanish lessons, salsa dance, caring and play with children, Ecuadorian food lessons, Tae Kwon Do, caring animals, as well as the good teachings which my dad left with me, and the love for life, nature and animals. I especially enjoy learning from children. I am also an experienced child care provider, from newborns to middle school.
I always enjoy to help to my family host in everything what can I do, cooking, 🧹 cleaning, teaching, caring animals 😍

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share my home and make feel the surfers very comfortable.

Information regarding best way to safe money while you travel

Business assessment

Entrepreneurship

Motivation

Leadership

Cooking Ecuadorian food

Latin american culture and art

Spanish language

dance

Yoga

Martial arts

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Ecuador

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