My name is Ruby Jasmine Rose and I'm 30, SriLankan/Indian and a transgender woman. I grew up in a traditional Tamil speaking family with my parents, grandparents and my brother. After finishing my undergraduate in Computer Science, I moved to the United States to study Masters in Computer Science. I went to UC San Diego for my Masters and landed a job with Amazon as a Software Development Engineer. I primarily work on cybersecurity space.

I moved to Seattle in April 2017. I live in a beautiful house with four awesome housemates. I live very close to the Seattle downtown and I like exploring the neighborhoods here. I have been to most of the mountains and lakes in Western and Central Washington. I am yet to explore the Eastern Washington.

I currently live in San Francisco, California undergoing my gender transition with the medical help and community support here.

I have not traveled anywhere besides Southern India until I was 23 years old. Coming to the United States was the first travel abroad in my life. Since then, I fell in love with traveling and it broadened my thought process and I am able to appreciate the diversity we have in this world.

So far I have traveled to some parts of Northern India and the towns closer to Himalayas; France, Switzerland, Corsica, Italy and Malta. I feel that the journey just began and there are lots to explore in this world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet new people and help each other. Couchsurfing is a great way to meet people and exchange the cultural differences we have. The world is extremely diverse. I want to learn the similarities and differences from the different backgrounds and share what we have.

Interests

Soccer, Music, gardening, cooking

• cooking
• boating
• board games
• hiking
• horse riding
• spanish
• french language
• cooking with friends
• cooking together

Music, Movies, and Books

Pop: Eli Lieb, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Ricky Martin, Ariana Grande

Indian Classical Hindustani Music: Love String/Plucked instrument: Sitar, Veena and Guitar music. My favorites are Zakir Hussain (Tabla), Ravi and Anoushka Shankar (Sitar). Besides that, I love bollywood music and listen to a wide variety of bollywood ranging from the 70s to the latest.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being honest to myself after two decades! I am proud of being trans (I knew since I was a child) and I have communicated that to my traditional family recently, who are still in the process of understanding it and I am helping them accept me.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English , Tamil and Telugu languages. Computer programming. South Indian cooking and culture heritage.
Learn: I am looking to learn Spanish, French and literally anything!
Share: Anything that I have and can afford

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, drinks, bed, sleeping bags, daytoday accessories

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, India, Italy, Malta, Switzerland, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States