CURRENT MISSION

Working at an International Organization in Washington DC

ABOUT ME

I was born in Colombia and work at an international organisation in Washington. I lived in Paris, Bogota, Princeton, NYC, San Francisco, Caracas and on a yacht in Monaco (one of these is not true..haha).

I am passionate about cultural diversity and very engaged in local and global affairs. I enjoy a good conversation, a picnic, a good movie, a soccer match (watch or play) a bike ride. I love dancing afro-Caribbean music (Salsa, Zouk, reggae, merengue... etc).

PHILOSOPHY

One world, one heart.... :P

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I attended some of the activities in Cali (Col) and then in Washington DC. I also participate in CS when traveling

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met very interesting people and made great friends through CS

Interests

Learning from different contexts and situations, dancing, playing sports and researching.

• dancing
• picnic
• yachting
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• sports
• soccer
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I love all kinds of music, especially music with African roots: salsa, reggae, merenge, blues, jazz. I also enjoy pop music: Madonna, Shakira, Abba... Reggaeton: Pittbull, Don Omar, Wisil & Yandel. ... american and french rap.... Rock Music from the 70's.

Literature: Saramago (Blindness), Coetzee (Disgrace) urban novels....

My Favorite directors:
-Almodovar (Law of Desire, All About My Mother, Talk to her, Broken Embraces...)
- Kusturika (Time of the Gypsies, Underground, Black Cat, White Cat)
- Wong Kar-wai (Happy Together, In the Mood for Love, 2046, My Blueberry Nights),
Recently, I watched two films that I liked "The Bothersome Man"(check it out!) and a new comedy called "Hipsters" about the 50's Jazz culture in the Soviet Union. I also enjoy Hollywood movies :P

Art: Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Miro, Van Gogh, Degas, Manet, Cézanne, Dutch golden age (Rubens, Van Dyck) German expressionism... etc.

TV shows: The Daily Show, Family Guy, The Colbert Report, Portlandia, 6 Feet Under, Modern Family, some colombian novelas/series: El Patron del Mal (highly recomended), sin tetas no hay paraiso...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I worked in a big cargo ship in Denmark and Sweden together with danes and tuvalu people.

I have many good stories to tell you...

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy very much teaching languages as Spanish and French... but I think we can learn a lot from a good conversation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Faroe Islands, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, France, United States