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Overview

  • 2 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Doing research for an environmental company
  • Boston University 2010
  • From Boston, MA USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

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ABOUT ME

I am an easy-going gal from Boston. I am open to all that the world has to offer. I love meeting new people and exploring what life is really like in other people's shoes (or barefeet).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed once in Oviedo, Espana with a very nice couple who treated my friend and I to sidra (cider), a lovely meal, and a tour of the sites!

Interests

Environmental activism, photography, birds, film, people, geography, languages, hiking, jazz, travels...

  • birds
  • photography
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • jazz
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • geography
  • languages
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Beatles (duh), Nina Simone and Andrew Bird are some of my faves
Books: The Motorcycle Diaries, Franny & Zooey
Movies: Annie Hall, Help!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Civil society climate change protests in Copenhagen for the UN COP15 in December 2009
- Biking around the province of Madrid with "La Caravana": a group of public university students promoting sustainable transportation
- WWOOFing (organic farming) in rural Asturias, Spain; living off the grid almost entirely
- Exploring the hills of Sacromonte in Granada, Spain
- Power Shift- incredible 1st US youth climate summit- 2007 in Washington DC
- Hiking at sunrise in the Negev Desert

Teach, Learn, Share

Things I can share: environmental activism stories/knowledge, my travel experiences, photography skillz, my offbeat and sometimes bizarre sense of humor !
Things I want to learn: how to cook well, French, printmaking, tree names, birdcalls.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States

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