CURRENT MISSION

Do good, take pride in my life, help others, have fun, travel!

ABOUT ME

I'm responsible, laid back, mellow, and love to hang out.:-)

I am a credentialed teacher (multiple subject/ elementary level) in the state of California, US. Taught 3 years in California and in an international school in Mexico City. I am also a licensed medical speech pathologist and work in a hospital(with patients with strokes, traumatic brain injury, or head/neck cancer).

PHILOSOPHY

Cultivate mind and soul. :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I look forward to meeting new friends at this time. I don't have a couch or space right now. But I'm happy to play tour guide!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to CS. I'm all for it's mission and making real connections in this life.

My friends rave about CS and finally decided to try it out.

Interests

Swimming, hiking, camping, modern dance, reading, learning new things, listening to live music, beginning drawing, beginning rock climbing

• dancing
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• live music
• hiking
• camping
• rock climbing
• swimming
• teaching
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Almodovar. Kusturica
Hip hop. Classical piano. Mike Patten. Buika, Soaud Massi.
The God of Small Things, Pattern Recognition by William Gibson, Stormy Weather by Carl hiassen.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Memorable (I prefer this description over "amazing") things done/seen:
Living and teaching first grade in Mexico City.
Waking up in the morning on the overnight train from Tangier to Marrakesh and looking out the window at the desert.
New Year's Eve in Kyoto, Japan.

Teaching and assisting in the rehabilitation of sick or wounded fellow humans who often more than survive and ultimately teach me more than I can ever teach them.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Medical speech pathology if anyone's interested. Basic Mandarin, Spanish.
Learn: most anything scientific or artistic
Share: I love to cook with people.
I have taken a few hours of basic massage courses. I'm no professional but if you're willing to play guinea pig and risk getting pinched a bit, I could use the practice.:-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Spain, United States