CURRENT MISSION

Explore the world around me

ABOUT ME

I'm new to CS but have been a traveler for a long time. I particularly love Latin America. I just moved from my hometown in Virginia to Portland, OR. I very recently returned from a big trip to the Guianas and Brazil.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

On my most recent trip I experienced CS as a traveler staying with CS hosts. Now that I'm back home I'd love to reciprocate the hospitality I received abroad and host other CSers visiting Portland.

Interests

What do you like to do in your free time?I love ecstatic dance, swimming, [hula] hooping, painting, and reading.

• dancing
• gardening
• reading
• painting
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

What do you like to watch, read, and listen to?My favorite authors are Vonnegut and Jonathan Safran Foer. I also love The Grapes of Wrath.I spend a lot of time listening to Iron & Wine, Calle 13, Fiona Apple, and Ben Folds.I don't watch a lot of TV but I do love Arrested Development, The Wire, and Flight of the Concords.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I was lost for an entire day in the wilderness of the Amazon basin in Northern Bolivia. Scariest day of my life.
I also spent a month in a very small rural village in the highlands of Southwestern Bolivia. There I lived with an impoverished Quechua family of 7. The village had hardly any electricity and wealth was shown by how many llamas you owned. It was a life changing experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm open to teach both oral and written Spanish to English speakers. Though I'm not a mom, I've learned a lot about early childhood through my past job along with the state of American poverty and our broken immigration system. On the lighter side, I can teach some basic hula hooping moves.
I'm interested in learning more about gardening (my new place has raised beds ready to become a little garden but I don't know what to do with it) and sewing (I have a machine but I rarely use it because I'm such a novice).

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, United States

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