CURRENT MISSION

To grow as a person and to connect with the world and it's peoples!

ABOUT ME

I'm from Chicago, one of the greatest cities in the United States and in the world!
I am a strong,loyal, sometimes sarcastic and feisty person! At first I am quiet and shy around people, but after I warm up to them, I like to talk and have a nice time! I can be serious but I also can be a big kid! Oh, and I LOVE to laugh, and I seem to do it a lot! I am rather expressive and semi-dramatic! I am really eclectic---like VERY eclectic. I am a hard worker. I enjoy meeting and getting to know new, interesting people. I love my close family and friends dearly!

PHILOSOPHY

Live
Love
Laugh
Learn

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, I am new to the Couch Surfing experience, but I have "couch-surfed" by hosting exchange students and non-students from all over the world for the past six years. I have also been a "couch potato" during the last eight years!

Interests

Nature and recycling, swimming, kickboxing-MMA (mixed martial arts), Sports (soccer ''futbol/calcio", gymnastics, baseball, basketball, volleyball, badminton....), Shopping, Hanging out with my family and friends, playing piano, traveling, thrill rides, film and theatre, going out dancing, belly dancing, music music music, social matters, languages.....the list goes on...

• arts
• dancing
• belly dancing
• shopping
• traveling
• music
• piano
• surfing
• sports
• baseball
• basketball
• martial arts
• soccer
• gymnastics
• volleyball
• swimming
• badminton
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Gosh! Too many (my family and I are really into film) Well, for starters....Amelie, Remember the Titans,Forrest Gump, Love Actually, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Death at a Funeral, Pride and Prejudice, Run Lola Run, The Bourne Identity, The Matrix, The Lion King, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, La Vita e Bella, Le Choriste, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The One, Fight Club, Inglorious Bastards,American History X, Salt, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fast and the Furious, Snatch, Mulan, Victor Victoria, The Reader, Hancock, The Devil Wears Prada, Saw I, Rush Hour, Cafe au lait,The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Clueless, Anchorman, Sex and the City, On Golden Pond, Chronicles of NarniaThe Godfather I & II, North Country, historical stuff......etc.

Music: Classical, Opera, Alternative (nirvana, red hot chili peppers, deftones, korn, alice in chains, etc), House/Electro/Techno, Middle Eastern, Reggaeton, Tango, Salsa, Samba, Bachata, Merengue, Flamenco, Spanish guitar, Bluegrass, Pop, some hip-hop and r&b, 50/60/70s Rock, Reggae, Jazz/Latin Jazz, Smooth Listening...My ipod is all mixed up! Random!

Books: Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, Eat Pray Love, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Twilight (SIKE!!!)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Netherlands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Italy, United States