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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Assistante d'anglais / English teaching assistant
  • B.S. in Applied Mathematics, B.A. in French
  • From Boise, ID, USA
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

Ancienne mathématicienne. Geek timide (des fois) qui aime trop regarder les séries et lire les BDs.

Dormant mathematician, mediocre french speaker. (sometimes) shy geek with a passion for TV and comic books.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Je suis en France pendant 7 mois comme assistante de langue anglaise, et j'espère découvrir la France et l'Europe, faire la connaissance des gens, et m'améliorer en français.

I'm in France for 7 months as an english language teaching assistant, and I'm hoping to do some traveling, meet people, practice french, and learn some new languages while I'm here.

Interests

les maths, la langue française, le féminisme, les systèmes de pouvoir et d'oppression, les tatouages, les chauves-souris, les animaux marins, et faire les siestes.

math, the french language, feminism, systems of power and oppression, tattoos, bats, marine animals, and taking naps.

  • animals
  • books
  • tattoos
  • womens rights
  • cooking
  • tv
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • languages
  • mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

principalement, le média de langue anglaise...

primarily english language media....

Books/livres: Ghost World, Persepolis, Black Hole, La Récolte Douce des Larmes (The Farming of Bones), Ayiti, Boule de Suif, Bad Feminist, Assassination Vacation, Lolita, le Petit Prince, Brave New World, A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Cat's Cradle

TV: Parks and Recreation, Portlandia, Bob's Burgers, Arrested Development, Broad City, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Orange is the New Black, Planet Earth, nature documentaries

Films: Ghost World, Persepolis, Amélie, Le hérisson, Tomboy, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Howl's Moving Castle, Studio Ghibli in general, La Science des Rêves, Big Fish, Stand by Me

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Made it out of a math degree alive

survécu une diplôme en maths

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm always willing to help someone improve in English, and (should anyone ever have the need) mathematics!

What I Can Share with Hosts

cleaning, bland cooking, conversation, small cute drawings, adorably bad french

le nettoyage, la cuisine insipide, la conversation, des petits mignons dessins, le mauvais français et la mauvaise compréhension d'une façon charmante (j'espère)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Mexico, Netherlands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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