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Overview

  • 88 references 57 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Portuguese
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • No occupation listed
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  • From Los Angeles, CA, USA
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About Me

Hello everyone, I love traveling and I enjoy meeting people from all over the world. Probably everyone in this app loves the same 😁

Currently I am kind of a Nomad, for the past 3 years I have moved a lot, mainly between México and USA.

I am a travel consultant, I love to help people finding the best deals and making their travel plans become a success. Also I work in some events in California.

I visited all the states from Mexico so I can recommend the best ones depending on what you like 😊

CS brings me a lot of nice surprises in 2017 when I started using it, so now I can share my home with travelers and bring the travel spirit to me, even when I can not travel.

It is important for me that you read my complete profile, specially the rules of my place and tell me in your request the reason you want to stay with me.

I host people that want to exchange experiences or knowledge, not because only need a free place to stay or wants to stay home all the time.

I love helping ppl in general not just travelers and I don’t like ppl take advantage of that.

La razón por la cual mi perfil está en inglés es porque estamos conectándonos con personas de muchas nacionalidades 😊
Es importante que lean mi perfil si desean hospedarse conmigo, usen traductor si no saben inglés 😜 gracias ✨

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet people from all over the world, learn from other people's experiences, make friends, get to know other cultures.

If you like photography, I would love to exchange knowledge, I know some basics but always want to learn more.

Interests

  • animals
  • culture
  • photography
  • dancing
  • traveling
  • music
  • ecotourism
  • beaches
  • nature
  • spirituality
  • permaculture
  • meeting new people
  • healthy lifestyle
  • share experiences
  • lenguages

Music, Movies, and Books

🎵 I love to dance and I am very into discovering new types of music in every place I visit.
🎥 My favorites types are comedy, action, adventure, Sci-fi and documentaries.
📚 I mostly read books of self-help, philosophy and adventure.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

🤝Be part of this amazing community of CS
🎒 I made a solo backpacking trip for 6 months in South America
✨Swim at night in the middle of a lagoon (crocodiles in the same lagoon but far) and enjoy bioluminescence.
🐳 Swim alone in the ocean and be surrounded by whale sharks.
⛰Stand up in a loose rock calls “piedra volada” in the Copper Canyon, amazing views.
🪁Paragliding in a lake and a canyon in Guatemala and Colombia.
🌋Hike in Acatenango and Pacaya Volcanos in Guatemala and see the Lava so close!
🛶Crossing all the Amazon river doing a solo trip, starting in Coca Ecuador (Río Napo), spending days in the capitals of Amazon; Coca, Iquitos, Leticia and Manaos, finishing that adventure in Belém, Brasil.
🐢🌲I truly love being in touch with nature and each experience is just amazing for me.
🪐 I did a few ancestral medicine ceremonies like Ayahuasca, going to my inside, be connected with nature and everything in different dimensions is awesome.
✈️ I also love to travel by plane and enjoy the view from the heights, the clouds and mountains, rivers, sea, etc.
❄️☃️ first time I saw the snow it was in Finland and I went to a boreal forest in the artic polar circle, beautiful!
🐫 I visit the Sahara desert, it was really cool spending one night in the middle of that desert
🪁 I met in a beach of Brazil the oldest kitesurfer of the world, this experience gave me the message that never is late for whatever we want to do or learn.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to learn other languages, for now I am very interested in Japanese and Italian.
I am available to teach or practice Spanish.
And I would be happy to practice Portuguese, I am forgetting it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

AS A HOST of my city, I can show you a few spots of this city if I'm available, if not, at least I will recommend you places, give you tips on gastronomy or something else related to tourism, exchange languages and culture.

Mainly I go out to the downtown of Tlaquepaque, Tonalá or Guadalajara, I also hang out in Chapultepec and nearby areas.

AS A GUEST, I would like very much to exchange culture and ways of life, see how locals live in each place I visit, talk about travel experiences, have the chance to be friends and make every trip a good memory.
I am very organized, clean and responsible so you will not go through uncomfortable situations with me :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States

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