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Overview

  • 16 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Bulgarian, English; learning Luganda
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Founder and CEO of NGO "Operation 'Teddy Bear'"
  • Bachelors degree in Marketing in an International Univeri...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
To create a working model that would ensure the successful integration and a bright future of vulnerable/abandoned children in Bulgaria and Uganda.

ABOUT ME
Age 30, with a background in Marketing, Music and Dance. A few years back I found my true calling after a long period of soul searching and thus I am now running an NGO that serves the underprivileged youth in Bulgaria (www.plushenomeche.org). For the past three years I have been spending my summers in Uganda as a missionary and European Ambassador of Chrystal Children's Center - an emergency center for vulnerable/neglected and abandoned children from ages 0-6.

PHILOSOPHY
Be the change you want to see in the world.
I am here to serve.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I spent my younger years obtaining a bachelors degree in London and upon coming back to my home country I was faced with the lack of cultural diversity that I first experienced in the UK. Becoming a host on Couchsurfing granted me with the possibility to rejoice in diversity during my first years back in Bulgaria and made my return smoother. I hosted a number of people from around the world, which gave the opportunity to "travel" even while I am at home through their stories and experiences.

Interests

I used to study music and dance.

  • arts
  • writing
  • singing
  • design
  • dancing
  • tango
  • bachata
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • running
  • drawing
  • origami
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • sports
  • teaching
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
Blues - (B.B. King, Nat King Cole, Nina Simons, Ella Fitzerald, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters), Swing, Orchestra Music, Jazz, Rock, Tango,

MOVIES
Blood brother
Baraka
ZEITGEIST

BOOKS
Join the club - how peer pressure can transform the world
When Helping Hurts
A Thousand Years of Solitude

What I Can Share with Hosts

Adventures, experience, knowledge and friendship

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, India, Italy, Spain, Uganda, United Kingdom

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