ABOUT ME

i just finished a one year program working as a teaching assistant in almeria, spain. i'm currently taking a month long trip through europe before heading back home to the u.s.

PHILOSOPHY

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i've hosted and surfed.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted lots of surfers at my apartment in New Orleans and stayed with couchsurfers in Ecuador, New York, and Spain.

Interests

riding bicycles, exploring, philosophy, cooking, feminism, traveling, Latin American culture and history, Spanish, knitting

• culture
• womens rights
• cooking
• traveling
• knitting
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

movies- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, Y tu mama tambien, Pedro Almodovar films

Books- Derrick Jensen, Ward Churchill, noam chomsky, 'las venas abiertas de america latina' de eduardo galeano.

Music-
hip hop (Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Mala Rodriguez, Arianna Puello, New Orleans bounce rap/ sissy bounce, lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Common)

folk punk (the Mountain Goats, David Dondero, Kimya Dawson, Madeline Adams, Paul Baribeau)

indie (the Pixies, Regina Spektor, Mates of State, Matt and Kim, Mirah, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Elliott Smith, Modest Mouse)

neo-soul (lauryn hill, erykah badu, drake)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

a 4-day trek through the andes to macchu pichu

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: spanish, a little sewing, knitting, cooking

learn: more sewing, more knitting, languages

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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