I am a recent graduate, living in and traveling through Brasil. I have a general interest in issues related to social justice but especially those relating to Black people and those of the African Diaspora.

Im fun-loving, friendly, and looking to make new connections.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I hope to make new friends and connections as I travel, and expand my horizons, physically, personally.

Interests

Sharing music, conversations, and ideas

Yoga and dance!!!! Reading and meditation

Going out, dancing

Culture, and (Colonial) Histories

Black Liberation Struggle, and anything related to the African Diaspora, especially African derived religions

Feminism, and Women's Issues, Queer and other Sexual politics; and material liberation, class struggle and Socialism.

• culture
• dancing
• womens rights
• yoga
• meditation
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

This is not extensive but just to throw a couple of names out there.

Music: Erykah Badu; Lauryn Hill; The Internet; Azealia Banks; D'Angelo; Frank Ocean; Nina Simone; Lianne La Havas; Fela Kuti; Amy Winehouse; Little Dragon; MIA; Michael Jackson; Jorge Ben; Sango; Nneka
I love all types of music but my favorites tend to have a funky/danceable beat and have influences of jazz, r&b, soul and funk.

Movies: Blue is the Warmest Color; Fruitvale Station; Crash; City of God (Cidade de Deus);

Books: This Bridge Called My Back: Writing by Women of Color; for colored who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (Ntozake Shange); Beyond The Limbo Silence (Elizabeth Nunez); Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe); Assata: An Autobiography; Corregidora (Gayle Jones);

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Exist.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach yoga, English, and some Sociological, Feminist and/or Critical Race (or at least Race/Black centered) Theory.

I am happy to learn whatever my host is willing to share.

I am more than willing to share a drink, and my life stories, thoughts about the world and experiences when in good company.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cuba, India, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States