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Overview

  • 50 references 24 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning English, French
  • 44, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Teacher at a Refugee Center
  • Journalist, Recepcionist... (and lots of differents things)
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Ser mejor persona. Soñar para crear un mundo mejor. // Being a better person. Dreaming (and acting) to create a better world.

ABOUT ME

Me han dicho que mi perfil es caótico, es un mosaico. Quizás yo sea un mosaico, hecho de pedacitos de experiencias. Te invito a formar parte de una de ellas. :)

Soy una mujer fuerte, con un estilo agresivo, podría decirse. Quiero decir, no me gusta el género (en tanto construcción social) que se me ha asignado.

Quiero autonomía, independencia y libertad. Quiero sentirme con poder para hacer lo que me apetezca, y saber que quien esté conmigo será mi compañero/a.
Hay una autora, Virginie Despentes, que me hace sentir muy identificada en su libro Teoría king Kong:

"Escribo desde aquí, como mujer poco seductora pero ambiciosa, atraída por el dinero que gano yo misma, atraída por el poder de hacer y de rechazar, atraída por la ciudad más que por el interior, siempre excitada por las experiencias e incapaz de contentarme con la narración que otros me harán de ellas. No me interesa ponérsela dura a hombres que no me hacen soñar"

PHILOSOPHY

Life is a learning stay at earth, I have to take advantage of every moment to enjoy it!

Please, respect a vegetarian diet while staying at my home. You are, obviusly, free to eat whatever you want when you are not here. I really appreciate your understanding.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting, surfing, arranging meetings... Sharing, in the end :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I can say that I already have some experiences hosting people from:

- EE.UU.
- Letonia
- Noruega
- Francia
- Ecuador
- Sáhara Occidental
- Francia
- Italia
- Senegal/Bélgica
- Rusia
- Colombia
- Sevilla
- Madrid
- Bélgica
- Austria
- Paraguay
- Eslovaquia
- Suiza

Interests

Senderismo: me recarga de energía caminar por la montaña, y siempre quiero saber qué habrá detrás de aquella colina.

Trekking // hiking: my favourite activity!!

Me encanta nadar, me relaja y es una especie de momento de meditación para mi.

Swimming: I love swim, it's kind of meditation for me.

I really like radio, specially making radio, is magic!!!

Music (specially latin music: salsa, brazilian music..., but I like too electronic music, and, so many differents kinds. I am open mind for the music, except for reggaeton or commercial music), films (I like specially to see the films i original version, and that is quite difficult in my country), travel...

I have to say that, at my first couchsurfer experience at the Battle of drums Rotterdam, we went to a reggaeton concert (Gente de zona), and I liked them, how Couchsurfing changes your life;)

  • concerts
  • festivals
  • beer
  • coffee
  • meditation
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • electronic music
  • latin music
  • drums
  • hiking
  • swimming
  • ecology
  • vegetarian food
  • vegetarianismo

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: La vendedora de rosas (The roses saleswoman), Big Fish, 2046, À bout de souffle (At the end of the break), Persepolis, Lost Higway, Bhuda collapsed out by shame, Absurdistán...

Music: Rubén Blades, Caetano Veloso, Hector Lavoe, Combolinga, Miguel Poveda, Hey willpower, Lila Downs, Los Delincuentes, Gotham Project, Tricky, Jacques Brel, The Beatles, Emir Kusturika, Goran Bregović, Kevin Johansen.....

Books: I love Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Herman Hesse...

The comics-journalism of Joe Sacco

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Really, I have lots of adventures to talk about!!! But I prefer to save the secrets for the meetings, I'm ashamed about to talk about me if it's not face by face.

En Kenia, recuerdo estar en un paisaje sacado de un documental del National Geographic, un lago con flamencos e hipopótamos, y nosotros ahí en medio. Aún no sé si lo he soñado.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to improve my english meeting new people.

I can teach spanish too.

We can share a coffee or a beer!)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Life!

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Brazil, Cuba, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Portugal

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, Venezuela

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