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Overview

  • 4 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Being Human
  • Undergraduate degree in Environmental Policy
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Peace

ABOUT ME

Quiet, gentle, pretty easy going. I value nature, our earth, and the biodiversity and different cultures within it. I like to make music along with listening to it. I enjoy horseback riding and bike riding, yoga and dance, gardening and cooking.

PHILOSOPHY

Act now.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It is an excellent and rewarding experience to learn and share with others of our homes.

Interests

My favorite things include cats, sleep, and sunshine. I do not like raisins.

I prefer bicycle as my primary mode of transportation. I've even worked as a pedicab (that's a rickshaw or bicycle taxi) driver. It'a a lot of fun, but also a lot of hard work. It's also a great way to stay in shape! Another way I stay fit is through rock climbing. I'm a novice, but it is so much fun and very challenging in so many ways. I think of it as dancing on a wall, figuring out how to move the body in new and creative ways to get to the next hold. Which is great because dancing is my passion! I practice all sorts from ballet, modern, afro-haitian, and whatever else may come my way.

I'm very into nature. I think we all should be because well, we are nature. I love the ocean, the mountains, the prairies, the swamps.

  • cats
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • gardening
  • music
  • cycling
  • equestrian

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Kurt Vonnegut, Sherman Alexi, Jack Kerouac, Isabel Allende, Pablo Neruda
Movies: not scary movies.
Music: folk, bluegrass, zydeco, brass band jazz,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Biked Rapa Nui.
Hiked Machu Picchu.
Traveled the Atacama Desert.
Climbed Table Top Mountain.

Teach, Learn, Share

You never know what hidden knowledge you have until you start a conversation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to cook y'all a meal!

I can also drop some knowledge about the Buffalo

Countries I’ve Visited

Peru, South Africa

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile

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