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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
To enjoy Philly as much as possible while wishing I was travelling...
ABOUT ME
I am currently in Philadelphia, PA at the University of Pennsylvania until May 2013 doing a dual masters in Social Work and Criminology. I finished my Peace Corps stint as a Volunteer living in Paraguay at the end of April 2011. After PC I travelled through South America for six weeks. I've lived in MD, PA, Chautauqua, NY, Portland, OR, Cuernavaca, Mexico, and traveled through El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Oh, y hablo castellano, claro!
PHILOSOPHY
PC has made me super tranquila...
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I took advantage of the warm welcomes of other Couch Surfing Peace Corps Volunteers in Peru and Ecuador, and may occasionally have a place for Couch Surfers here in Philly...
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Excellent so far!
Interests
Traveling, meeting new people, the prison system/breaking the recidivism cycle, terere, decent coffee, IPAs, The Sunday New York Times, dressing incognito, juggling, the sun, the beach, Chautauqua, Portland (OR), avoiding eating organ meats...
- coffee
- traveling
- juggling
- cycling
- surfing
- medicine
- social work
- volunteering
- beaches
Music, Movies, and Books
Ooh so many! Movies: Give me Wes Anderson, Dr. Strangelove, Shawshank Redemption, Rookie of the Year, whatever any day.
Music: Anything that isn't on my ipod that I'm not sick of after two years
Books: Jonathan Safron Foer, You Can't Go Home Again, Confederacy of Dunces, Dave Eggers, many many more
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Just one thing??
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Countries I’ve Lived In
Mexico, Paraguay, United States