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Overview

  • 10 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian; learning French, Spanish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • photographer - documentarist
  • Degree in Philosophy
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Eat the world

ABOUT ME

I am a curious person. Love to mix cultures and share thoughts inquiring different points of view from people who has origins, religion, traditions different from mine.

PHILOSOPHY

I graduated in philosophy. I love questions, much more than answers!
A great philosopher said: "the essence of human kind has the shape of a question". I believe that Earth is a big book: traveller is a good reader.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

coffeeing, drinking, hosting

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had my first CS experience in Montreal, where Gaulo hosted me with such a kindness and grace, that I'll never forget her.

Interests

I'm a photojournalist, regular contributor at Corriere della Sera. My focus are migration issues, land grabbing and multicultural contexts in different parts of the world.

  • books
  • photography
  • perfumes
  • recipes
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • philosophy
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

I love documentaries on social issues.
Music: Holiday, Aretha Franklyn, Benny Goodman.
Cat Power, Pantha du Prince, Nouvelle Vague,
Bonnie Prince Billy, A perfect circle, Radiohead, Air,
Amalia Rodrigues, Aimee Man, Fiona Apple, Primal Scream,
Rodrigo y Gabriela, Gotan Project, Cesaria Evora
Dulce Pontes, Bajo Fondo Tango Club, the strokes
the pipettes, Paolo Nutini, Tori Amos, Led Zeppelin,
Bang Gang, Beck, Ben Harper, Mazzy Star, Block Party,
Eddie Vedder, Massive Attack, Velvet Undergound, Rinôçérôse,
Patti Smith, Giardini di Mirò, Imani Coppola

BOOKS: every thing is readable

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travel alone for the first time when I was 13.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to shot with any kind of camera.
I want to learn everything.
I want to share tolerance.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Italian best recipes.
Photography lessons.
Milano tour guiding.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States

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