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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Norwegian
  • 32, Female
  • Member since 2016
  • English-Spanish Translator
  • Faculty of Languages, UNC
  • From Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina
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About Me

I am an English-Spanish translator that has worked as a medical translator and as a teacher of elementary schools and kidergarten; I am a big fan of outdoor activities such as camping, hiking, etc. I am devoted to music, i love singing, and everytime i meet a new person i ask for new songs, music styles etc . I am really interested in cultures, languages and different societies, i have travelled a lot inside my country doing voluntary work and ive learnt so much of people in need. I am really curious, in fact i tend to ask a lot of questions to everyone about everything, and im thinking of studying journalism once i come back home. Im travelling to Australia this month, and the idea is to then go to Ireland, Norway, Dnemark and visit as much as I can. For me, a perfect day is being outside in the mountain, walking, taking pictures of the landscape, listening to folk music and drinking mate and talking about anything. A good book also contributes when chilling out.
I like living like a local in the places I visit and travel to, and learning about their traditions, types of food they eat, idiosyncrasy etc.

Soy traductora de Ingles-español, trabajo como traductora médica y maestra de inglés en un instituto, me encantan las actividades al aire libre, acampar, irme de caminata, etc. Amo la musica, cantar, etc. Y cada vez que conozco a alguien nuevo les pido que me recomienden canciones, musica, bandas, etc. Estoy muy interesada en todas las culturas, idiomas y diferentes formas de socializar, viaje mucho dentro de mi pais haciendo trabajo voluntario y aprendi muchismo de la gente que no tiene tantos recursos. Soy muy curiosa, tiendo a preguntar miles de preguntas cada vez que hago algo nuevo o visito un nuevo lugar, de hecho cuando vuelva de viaje (me estoy yendo a Australia y mi idea es despues recorrer Noruega, Irlanda y Dinamarca) quiero hacer periodismo. Para mí, un día perfecto implica estar afuera en la montaña, caminando, sacando fotos de los paisajes, escuchando musica indie, folk y tomando mate, charlando de todo. Un buen libro tambien ayuda. Me gusta la idea de vivir como si fuera una local en los lugares q visito y aprender sobre sus tradiciones, lo que piensan, etc.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am looking forward to meet people from all around the world, adn have the chance to show them my country and city and then have the same experience when being the guest. Couchsurfing means beaing hable to experience cultures from the inside and having the chance to experience the true nature of mankind as being generous and open to relate and help eachother.

Interests

  • photography
  • acting
  • music festivals
  • folk music
  • hiking
  • teaching
  • journalism
  • filmmaking
  • nature
  • reading books
  • ireland
  • house of cards
  • ted talks
  • voluntary work
  • damien rice
  • comparative literature
  • interpreting and translating

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have travelled to the north of my country (Chaco y Jujuy) in order to visit the poorer areas and i was in charge of organizing festivals and games for children and talks for adolescents; and we have slept on the floor around a lot of bugs and insects withouth water, electricity and without having a bath for ten days. It was an amazing experience and actually it taught me so much that i did it three times.
Another thing that im really proud of is that I participated in the organization of two TED talks in my province Córdoba, and i was in charge of interviewing and coaching the speakears. It was an amazing experience that i cant even describe with words because i learnt so much about other disciplines, anout team work and leadership. Definetly one of the most amazing things ive done.

Viajé como voluntaria al norte de mi país, a Chaco y Jujuy para visitar las areas mas necesitadas, y mi rol era el de hacer juegos para los niños y charlas para adolescentes, y pase 10 días sin bañarme durmiendo con inesctos y sin electricidad pero fue hermoso, valio la pena, aprendi muchisimo y de hecho lo hice tres veces.
Otras de las cosas que mas disfute hacer fue de organizar eventos TED en mi provincia, Córdoba donde tuve el rol de coach de los oradores y fue algo indescriptible en donde aprendi muchisimo de las disclipinas que entrevistábamos, de mi misma, del trabajo en equipo y de liderazgo. Definitivamente una de las mejores cosas que hice en mi vida.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina

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