Hello! I'm Shelley a traveling english teacher/artist/pharmacy technician! I'm currently based in Boston area, but love to travel to different countries each year to maintain my Spanish.

I'm very open minded, I love to learn about new cultures, languages, history and discuss current affairs!

Hosts: I try to eat vegetarian because of the environmental impact and health issues meat contributes to but I am open to trying anything — food is as much a part of a country’s culture as it’s people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

"You can't find your place in the world unless you see it first"

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Geography of Bliss, The Defining Decade, A Long Way Gone, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Movies: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Under the Tuscan Sun, Eat Pray Love, Babel

Music: anything I can dance to (reggaeton, bachata, cumbia, etc.)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Did a 7 day silent Buddhist meditation retreat on an island in Thailand

What I Can Share with Hosts

Once I have a place to call my own I would love to host some people, cook for them and show them around

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ghana, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco, Peru, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam