Hello my name is Ana María, I'm from Colombia I grew up in Medellín but I'm also from a small island in the Caribbean called San Andrés.
I studied history at the National University of Colombia, the largest public university in my country. And at this moment I am in Toledo, Spain doing a specialty in Human Rights, Governance and Culture of Peace. I am here because I won a scholarship for my community work in my country.
I usually work with women in rural areas of Colombia who have been victims of the armed conflict in my country, the last thing I did was a project with fisherwomen from the Archipelago where I am from.
By the way, I am 23 years old, I consider myself a good speaker. I enjoy walking, landscapes, I am also a good dancer.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I'm here because it's the first time I have the opportunity to travel around Europe on my own. Also because I do not have much money to travel and my friends recommended this option. I like to meet new people and from different cultures and I think that this is the ideal place to do it.

Interessen

• poetry
• womens rights
• music
• history
• dance
• ocean
• museums
• landscape
• women
• women empowerment
• mens

Musik, Filme und Bücher

I like music a lot, I think almost everything I like, but my favorite rhythms are Latinos, especially salsa, and Son cubano. For my Caribbean heritage I also enjoy rhythms like Soka, Calipso, reggae. Also dancehall and reggaeton, I grew up listening to it.
Most of the films that I like today are independent and critical films. When I was a little girl I really enjoyed Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings ...
Due to my career I had to read a lot, but my favorite books are from especially Latin American literature: Alejandro Carpentier, Garcia Marquez, Octavio Paz, Dulce Maria Loynaz, etc. From Europe my favorite writer is Yourcenar, I also love Rilken, Goethe, Woolf, etc. I also love poetry.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Thanks to the peace process that my country is experiencing, I had the opportunity to volunteer in one of the areas where the conflict was strongest. I was living in Cauca, in an indigenous reservation, where I worked with 203 indigenous women in a project of historical memory. I think that's the most incredible thing I've done ..

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I can teach Spanish, also to dance Latin rhythms. Share stories, adventures, traditional foods of my country and learn from everything they want to teach me.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

I can share my knowledge, they are not many, but I am creative. Also some traditional food dish from my country. I'm good at listening, I can share conversations, landscapes, poems and a friendly face.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Colombia, England, Panama, Spain, United States

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Colombia