CURRENT MISSION

Experience, share, give and receive!

ABOUT ME

I'm a Community Development Peace Corps volunteer in tranquilo Pilar, Paraguay. It's been over 2 years and I will be ending my service in late October. I work in education and youth services, and really love it!! I plan to trek all over Latin America after my service. I hope to meet more amazing people along the way..

PHILOSOPHY

Living is experiencing new things--stepping out of your comfort zone and challenging yourself. Self reflection. Reflecting on what you experience to truly appreciate and grow from it. Opening our hearts and minds to others, really listening and learning who we are, why we're here and how we can be better to each other and ourselves.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Excited to be a new member of this community and hope to meet intriguing individuals in Pilar as well as other places around the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Some of friends are CS members and have introduced me to their CS visitors with whom I've shared my home and yummy dishes. I've come to really appreciate the CS program through the enriching experiences I've had with these people.

Interests

traveling; cooking; eating; gardening; reading; watching movies; meeting people; volunteering; listening to random podcasts and world music; dancing to latin beats--especially salsa, merengue, and bachata.

• dancing
• bachata
• education
• cooking
• vegetarian
• gardening
• boating
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• podcasts
• music
• world music
• teaching
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: World, latin beats, salsa, tango, rock, indie, classical, country, hip hop, 80s, oldies
Movies: All, esp foreign, horror, comedy, drama, 80s
Books: anything by Jodi Picoult, Kite Runner, Da Vinci Code, Jared Diamond, Howard Zinn, Eat, Pray, Love, Jhumpa Lahiri,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekked to Machu Picchu...a magical place that should be explored in person...photos and videos do not do justice.

A recent trip with my best friend, Jesus, deep into the Paraguayan Pantanal, a nature lover's paradise. We took a super adventurous boat ride there..it was utterly unforgettable!

Teach, Learn, Share

Vegetarian cooking
Organic gardening
English language teacher
Extremely open to providing volunteer opportunities for those that want to do some fun humanitarian work in my community while traveling

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Paraguay

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