CURRENT MISSION

Meet people, learn, experience cultures and make the world a more connected place!

ABOUT ME

Hi! In a few words I am happy, passionate and curious. I try to appreciate everyone and I believe it is our responsibility as the blessed and informed to lift up others in whatever way we can as voluntary stewards. I love God, love to see people smile, and according to my dear cousin, tomo fotos como una loca de cada palo que veo. quite true.

PHILOSOPHY

- the four L's:learn, live, love, laugh

- trust & be trustworthy

- you don't know what's going on in anyone's heart & mind but your own

- Tambien somos lo que hemos perdido. (Amores Perros)

- Create a great day! (Fletch)

- I wanna be runnin' when the sand runs out. (Rascal Flatts)

- it's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got (Sheryl Crow)

- Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking, so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within, it's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." (Nelson Mandela)

- People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God; It was never between you and them anyway. (Mother Teresa)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to host and surf :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted people in Santo Domingo from all over the world and surfed around Europe and Central America!

visited 21 states (9.33%)

Interests

dancing, reading, education systems and reform, learning about religions, cultures, countries, empowering and educating to end oppression and the -isms, going to concerts, playing Taboo and other great games, understanding different populations and what they need, meeting new people, racial, ethnic and religious conflict resolution, skydiving, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, kids, politics, Colombia, the world, kneeboarding, exploring cities, understanding gangs, jetskiing, tubing, riding on the back of motorcycles, crowd surfing

• concerts
• dancing
• bachata
• education
• motorcycles
• politics
• reading
• socializing
• surfing
• kneeboarding
• skydiving
• teaching
• languages
• religion
• sign language

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Grease, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Gridiron Gang, Selena, Rize, Amores Perros, Save the Last Dance, Gladiator, Step Up, A Time To Kill, Dirty Dancing 1 & 2, Little Women, Now & Then, Pretty Woman, When Harry Met Sally, Double Jeopardy, The Birdcage, everything Adam Sandler

Music: Bachata, Boleros, Country, Classic Rock, Cumbia, Dancehall, Gospel, Jazz, Hymns, Merengue, Oldies, R&B, Rap, Reggae, Reggaeton, Salsa, Slow Jams, Soca, Vallenato - any Mariah or Shakira

Books: Things Fall Apart, The End of Poverty, The Poisonwood Bible, Tuesdays with Morrie, Mere Christianity, You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons, Kaffir Boy, the Bible, A Hope in the Unseen, Kite Runner, A Million Little Pieces

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

How could I pick one!?
Skydiving over the Florida Keys
Taking a sign language class in Guatemala
Volcanoboarding down Cerro Negro in Nicaragua
Canopy/ziplining through the Amazon Rainforest in Colombia

Teach, Learn, Share

i would like to learn about: any languages, customs, how to celebrate every holiday the way those who celebrate it do, political systems, educational systems, systems of oppression, conflict resolution around the world, religions, non-profit & development organizations

i could teach: salsa, merengue, bachata dancing, making Dominican platanos in several ways, understanding a map, organization & time management, finding cheap deals, a little English, Spanish, French & Italian, making a detailed budget plan and tracking it, how to make real and delicious Southern sweet tea, energizers, ice-breakers and team builders

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Monaco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Dominican Republic, United States

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