CURRENT MISSION

To live, to laugh, to be happy, and to help people do all those things

ABOUT ME

I'm Jessica and I'm awesome! I grew up in the greatest city in the world, New York (although there are definitely others that come close), in a primarily Dominican neighborhood. I recently finished two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer and will soon be moving on to the next chapter, whatever that may be.

PHILOSOPHY

"Si del cielo te caen limones, aprende hacer limonada."

"Cogelo suave."

"Olsun."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I read about CouchSurfing in the New York Times, and I joined. I've used it to learn about other places, to network with people in different cities, and of course to couchsurf.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have slept on many a couch and crashed with friends at their places. I have had a few couchsurfing experiences, all of them wonderful and make me more passionate about CouchSurfing.

Interests

-Learning
-Traveling
-Maps
-Taking a usually excessive amount of pictures (I don't have one of those fancy SLR cameras, I just have a regular digital one but its still awesome)
-Social justice issues
-Television and movies

• movies
• traveling
• cartography
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 40 year old virgin, The Matrix, Dirty Dancing, Grease, Amelie, The Shawshank Redemption, Raising Victor Vargas, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Toy Story, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Memento, all Almodovar movies, Donnie Darko, V for Vendetta, the Notebook, My Blueberry Nights

Music: Justin Timberlake, Juan Luis Guerra, Norah Jones, Calle 13, Jay-Z, Aventura, Marc Anthony (only his spanish stuff), Adele...and other stuff

Books: (no favorites but I like these) Of Mice and Men, Como Agua Para Chocolate, Drown, Soledad, the Unbearable Lightness of Being, I also enjoy nonfiction

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- The sun setting over corn fields in Pennsylvania
- Parasailing in the Dominican Republic
- The view from the top of the mountain bordering Zaqatala in Azerbaijan
- The Alhambra in Granada, Spain.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
-Dominican colloquialisms
-how to make a few Dominican foods
-Gentrification in New York City
Learn:
-Anything

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Jamaica, Macedonia, Netherlands, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Azerbaijan, Dominican Republic, Spain, United States