CURRENT MISSION

To live a life less ordinary ;)

ABOUT ME

I was raised by a set of wonderfully adventurous and artistic parents in Cincinnati, Ohio. Though not Mexican, I grew up surrounded by the culture and spent a few weeks each year in different small downs throughout the beautiful country - this has contributed a great deal to my sense of identity and I hope one day (soon!) to live in one of my favourite cities in the world, Oaxaca.

In 2012, I came to Europe for the first time to study Physical Theatre at the Commedia School in Copenhagen. In 2013, I went to Lisbon to practice speaking Portuguese for a few weeks and ended up falling in love with the city and staying for nearly a year. Upon returning to Ohio, I trained under the fabulous Jocelyn Gordon and became a certified instructor of HoopYogini™, a transformational fitness program which integrates modern hula hooping with hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation. A few more years of various studies and travels between the US, Europe, Mexico, Guatemala have passed and I am now back in Cincinnati performing with a queer burlesque troupe!

"Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously" -Hunter S. Thompson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment, I am a surfer. I love meeting people and sharing experience and look forward to returning the kindness shown to me when I eventually settle somewhere long enough to host!

Interests

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• performing arts
• dancing
• chocolate
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• blues
• hiking
• anthropology
• philosophy
• linguistics
• mexican culture
• hula-hooping

Music, Movies, and Books

The Princess Bride, Across the Universe, Monty Python movies, Harold & Maude, Pulp Fiction, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Donnie Darko, and more that I'm forgetting. I am no good at these kinds of questions.
MUSIC
I love Blues, Jazz, and old school Gospel, Rock & Roll, and Folk
BOOKS
Anything Hemingway or James Baldwin, Shantaram, A Brief History of Time, His Dark Materials trilogy, Women Who Run with the Wolves, The Secret Life of Bees, Fahrenheit 451, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed the Mayan ruins in Mexico; jumped off a cliff in a cave & built a classroom in Guatemala, spent the night with the locals in a cemetery in Ihuatzio for Dias de los Muertos; hitchhiked through Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Croatia, and Czech Republic; rode a camel through the Moroccan desert; walked the Camino Portugues to Santiago de Compostela

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you hula hoop dance and HoopYogini™, make all kinds of fancy cupcakes (if you have a muffin tin!), and sing for you (moderately well) to thank you for your hospitality!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Myself, my gratitude, and my stories :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, United States