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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Live life fully and enjoy every minute of it....
ABOUT ME
I am a 46 years old biologist from Argentina that got tired of the stress of academic life and decided to move to small neighborhood in a small town in Sierras de Cordoba. After two plus years of staying put, is time to start travelling again.
I tutor kids at home in most elementary and high school subjects as well as college students. Also I tutor kids in US online. Few years back, I took a Level I Thai Massage and I practice with friends.
Open-minded, calm but easy-going. I am good at adapting to any new situation. I am always looking for new things to learn from people, from places, from every little thing around me.
PHILOSOPHY
focus in the process not in the result...
always the best is what happens....(no matter how awful something may look at first....there is always something good coming right ar you)
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I would like to be a good host and couchsurfer. As I work at home my schedule is pretty flexibe.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
non yet...but so looking foward to have lots of it!
Interests
...to turn a corner and find an amazing place...to experience new foods and tastes...to learn and relearn at every step...
I love to walk...to take pictures...to be outdoors...to sip clamly a glass of wine in front of a great view...to meet new people...to explore...
- wine
- traveling
- outdoor activities
- hiking
- biology
- teaching
- mathematics
- statistics
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
The most amazing things that ever happen to me occured in the forests..
While doing field work for my dissertation, I lived for two years at Parque Nacional El Rey, Salta, Argentina, in the middle of a lust forest packed with all sorts of beautiful creatures. there were two cute foxes that showed up every evening at my porch. With time they learned to eat lefovers from my hand....but I had to remember to leave my shoes high enough so they would not take them...not fun to wake up in the morning and have to scout around for your hiking boots!
The other incredible thing happend at Rio Sirena, Parque Nacional Corcovado, Costa Rica. After a long day in the field I was relaxing in the river when a female tapir and her very small baby tapir came out from the woods...they did not even see me....and played for a good half hour in the river about 15 meters from where I was...it gives me goosebumps to think about this moment.
Teach, Learn, Share
I tutor online math, stats, biology and spanish using different tools..from just msn to skype to more advanced tools with whiteboards and other cool tools.
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Paraguay, Thailand, United States, Uruguay
Countries I’ve Lived In
Argentina, United States