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Overview

  • 16 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish
  • 46, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Journalist
  • MA in Journalism
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind". -Henry James

ABOUT ME
I'm very relaxed, easy going and honest. I'm a journalist working as a web editor for a travel magazine.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think Couchsurfing is a fantastic platform that gives us the opportunity to re-learn to trust each other, no matter how different our cultures or lifestyles could be.

Interests

I'm interested in art, politics, history, cultural heritage, architecture, music and cinema.

  • arts
  • architecture
  • politics
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • history
  • journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Beastie Boys, Can, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, D'Angelo, Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Lorde, Mount Kimbie, Laura Marling, Parquet Courts. Just to name a few.

MOVIES: 12 Monkeys, Mad Max, Leviathan (Andréi Zviáguintsev), Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier), The Wolf of Wall Street, Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty).

BOOKS: Philip Roth's The Dying Animal, Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach, Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky, Roald Dahl's short stories, Mordecai Richler's Barney's Version, JG Ballard's Miracles of Life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belize, Canada, Cuba, France, Ireland, Italy, Panama, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United Kingdom

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