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Overview

  • 10 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Japanese, Portuguese
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Entrepreneur, Graphic Design freelance
  • Grad in Marketing
  • From Salamanca, Guanajuato, México
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About Me

Hello there, it has been a while since I updated my bio, so here it is.
I'm a mexican girl living in Queretaro city, in central Mexico. I'm pretty much into a lot of stuff: reading, drawing, running, hiking, studying languages, art and of course, TRAVELING.

Right now I'm working on my own Social Enterprise with a friend, called Kin Mx, we work with mexican artisans in the making of clothes with traditional mexican embroidery, which is very cool. I also work as a freelance in different graphic design projects.

I'm currently learning japanese, quite hard!! but I love it. Couchsurfing has helped me in learning new languages, or at least french, since i made an exchange in France in my college years and I got the chance to practice a lot :)

I love talking and sharing experiences with people as well as making new friends!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like both to host and travel

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have basically couchsurfed in Europe on my exchange period, it was awesome! Got to know great people and their country culture. Spent hours talking about my country and theirs, our differences and common things, Couchsurfing is a very nurturing experience and I'm grateful to have had and be having the chance to be doing it.

Interests

art, books, sports, friends, family ... manga art, japan, china, corea, europe, latin america, dancing, watching television, it's hard to find something that doesn't really interests me.

  • arts
  • culture
  • books
  • design
  • graphic design
  • dancing
  • running
  • clothing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • hiking
  • sports
  • freelancing
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Kill Bill, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Bridget Jone's Diary, Devil Wears Prada, Mean Girls, A Clockwork Orange, the Shining, Black Swan...and lots of other chick flicks that i can't remember.

Music: The Strokes, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Cafe Tacuba, Natalia Lafourcade, i think i'm never going to end this...i love music..!

Books: The Wind Up Bird Chronicles, Tokio Blues, 100 años de soledad, la Casa de los Espíritus, Pedro Páramo, Harry Potter's, Lord of the Ring's, The Shining...it goes on an on

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Never thought I could hike to the snow peak of a mountain! But guess what, I did it in Peru in 2013! Climbed the Salkantay mountain trail up tu 5,800 meters above the sea!

You never know what you're capable of until you actually do so ;) that's what I've learned.

Teach, Learn, Share

My country is never what everyone thinks, whenever I meet a foreigner they get surprised about the richness of Mexico, and I can say that when I started traveling I also had lots of prejudices...every single place I've been has taught me that the more i learn, the less i know...everyone has a story to tell, every country has richness to share, let's keep this in mind and never forget it. Respect is the single thing that will get us through.

What I Can Share with Hosts

From city tips to my couch!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Mexico

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