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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Learn from the school called "world" and the teachers called "ordinary people"
ABOUT ME
I am a very friendly girl and simplicity is one of my philosophies of life.
My life is in the madness of a big cities, in São Paulo, but I love escaping to the small rural town where I was born, when I need some fresh air for my health and my mind.
I love the culture of my country, Brazil: its food, music, dance, the friendly people and its natural beauty; at the same time, I'm anger about orher countries culture and history.
I am very hopeful about the world. I believe that respect for the culture of the different is the way to make it more peaceful and just.
● ๋ •My passions:
mystery, nature, cooking, yoga, gardening, permaculture, organic farm, sustainability, São Paulo, multiculturalism, freedom, colors, meditate about life, meeting inspiring people, eating fruits on the tree, sing in the shower, the sky when I leave in the morning, tahini, write, poetry, the Mother Earth, laugh, minimalism, coffee, sunshine, dream, policy, a compliment, sleep, wake up early, the opposite, bike, the subway, live, when I am myself and my eyes.
PHILOSOPHY
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
Anne Frank
"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
Hans Christian Andersen
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Going to CSmeetings and events, surfing.
The best way to know the wolrd is knowing who lives in it. I love sharing experiences with new people and
I am a very hospitable person.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I could meet very nice people and I could see that we can trust who we do not know.
Interests
Food, art, gardening, history, coffee, bike, parks, yoga
- arts
- culture
- poetry
- dining
- cooking
- coffee
- vegetarian
- organic food
- gardening
- flowers
- traveling
- music
- history
- parks
- sustainability
- plants
- food culture
Music, Movies, and Books
here are some of them:
La Faute à Fidel!, El segredo de sus ojos, Changeling, Le Petit Nicolas, The Constant Gardener
I love brasilian music, specially samba. I also like to know local music of countries. Instrumental music makes me relaxed.
My favorite writers are: Clarice Lispector, João Guimarães Rosa and Carlos Drummond de Andrade.
I also like to read cartoon strip, I love Mafalda.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
A retreat in the middle of a forest in Thailand
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach mainly about what I learned from my country, with other people and what I learned by myself.
I also have a pleasure on teaching my own dishes. I'm a very good in cooking!
I can learn how to think differently about life if you have a better argument
To share? Experiences, good memories, funny things
What I Can Share with Hosts
I can teach Portuguese, about plants, gardening and cooking.
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland
Countries I’ve Lived In
Brazil, France, Thailand, United Kingdom