General Information
Languages- EnglishExpert
- SpanishIntermediate
Groups I Belong ToCouch Information
Couch Available: Yes
Preferred Gender: Female
Max Surfers Per Night: 2I have two couch like things that people can sleep on.
Friends (11)
 Josue Salazar
24, Male
Turrialba, Cartago
Costa Rica
Friends since February 2007
"we're engaged!"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
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 GRINGUITICA
26, Female
Santa Barbara, Heredia
Costa Rica
Friends since January 2007
"we live in the same town and hang out all the time!"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
I vouched for Lisa Campbell
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 Fabian Cordero Gonzalez
32, Male
Santa Barbara, Heredia
Costa Rica
Friends since February 2007
"We met a lot time ago through Erin"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Lisa Campbell
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 Joe Gouldby
33, Male
Holetown, Saint James
Barbados
Friends since January 2007
"Met through expat network"
Friendship Type: Friend
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 Annie Kiel
27, Female
Somerville, Massachusetts
United States
Friends since January 2007
"i met lisa through the local expats!!"
Friendship Type: Friend
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 Sunita Bhatia
34, Female
Miraflores, Lima
Peru
Friends since January 2007
"Expat group"
Friendship Type: Friend
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 Alisa Bright
25, Female
Eugene, Oregon
United States
Friends since February 2008
"couchsurfed at her place"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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 Luisa Schmidt
23, Female
Munich, Bavaria
Germany
Friends since March 2008
"I met Lisa once for drinks and once for dinner...."
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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 Christina Harview
22, Female
Somerville, Massachusetts
United States
Friends since March 2008
"She was my host in Panama City - awesome girl!"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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 Evert van Steen
28, Male
Leiden, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands
Friends since December 2007
"I met Lisa and her man Josue through my SJ roommate Jake"
Friendship Type: Friend
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Personal DescriptionLisa Campbell is currently working on her Master of Environmental Studies with a special focus on Mobile Phones, Youth, and Social Change. Lisa works as a freelance designer, community-based researcher, youth facilitator, and social media consultant. A jack of all trades, Lisa serves as the Director of Communications for Youth Action Network, and has worked for various NGOs including TakingITGlobal, Defense for the Children International, and the Latin American Council for Adult Education.
Lisa is passionate about human rights, fighting oppression, and building beautiful, fluid, alternative structures that are nurturing to people and the environment. Lisa is a multimedia artist extraordinaire, and tries to use media as a probe for people to ask deeper questions of themselves about political issues and culture. In her travels Lisa has worked as a community animator, conducting popular education workshops, doing cultural work in schools, and participating in media solidarity campaigns. CouchSurfing Experiencemy last couch surfing experience was coming back from tennessee. i emailed a whole bunch of community living / eco-village peeps asking if they had anywhere where my friends and i could sleep on the way back and we ended up hooking up with the most amazing womyn in cincinatti. her kids had just left for university so we slept in their rooms and she treated us just like her own. she made us breakfast in the morning and we stayed up all night talking to her about all the different projects she was involved in and learning a little bit about what activism was like where she lived. what a wonderful experience!Interestsholistic lifestyles, traveling, living with nature, vegan cooking, making movies, popular education, and working for a better world!Philosophylive the change i want to see in the world!Music, Movies, Booksbread and roses, dj spooky, anthony b, living legends, afuken, sublime, asian dub foundation, sweet honey in the rock, deltron 330, mos def, bahamadia, spearhead, be good tanyas slum village, the gossip, bill laswell, crass, etc. Types of People I enjoyi enjoy activists, anarchists, anti-racists, ecologists, community, gangsters, trannies, potheads, and back-to-the-landers.Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Projecti think the couchsurfing site needs better design, and more radicals!
;)Locations TraveledTRAVELED: West Bank
LIVED: Costa Rica, United States
References
 From Nicki Zelenski Bryn Mawr, United States
Jan 15  Positive I slept on Lisa and Josue's couch for over 3 days and found it a very pleasant experience! Thanks so much!  From Manuela Di Domenico Rome, Italy
Jun 18, 2008 Positive thanks guys,I enjoy my last night in costa rica with them..doing barbecue and drinking wine,good night...suerte,i hope to see you again:-) From GRINGUITICA Santa Barbara, Costa Rica
Jun 2, 2008  Positive Lisa's one of my best friends in the world, and she is a very sweet and hospitable host. Surf her couch, and she and Josue will show you the local area, tell you the best places to eat, and really invite you into their lives... simply the best!
 From Meg Villanueva Barcelona, Spain
May 23, 2008 Positive Oh my! This is sooooo long overdue!haha. But better late than never.
I stayed with Lisa and Josue for a couple of nights.Actually felt bad I had to go home very late at night because I was at the same time on a conference..but they were so cool and easy-going. Ask them about Central America and they'd be able to tell you something -big or small. Plus, they're probably the most in-demand in Panama. I remember leaving the city for 2 nights to surf Santa Catalina.. and when I got back they were like "oh, someone stayed here while you were gone!"haha! They love traveling and we share so many things in common-advocacies and our jobs to boot!haha. Miss you both! Let me know when you come to the Philippines! Or Spain for that matter!  From Shira Gellman Vancouver, Canada
Apr 10, 2008 Positive It is funny to meet a local from your hometown halfway across the continent and then share some memories and tradition from home in this new place. Lisa and Josue were very accomodating and shared a lot of interests and activities. It was fun! From Fabian Cordero Gonzalez Santa Barbara, Costa Rica
Mar 28, 2008  Positive Lisa is awesome
A really close friend!!!
From Christina Harview Somerville, United States
Mar 17, 2008 Positive My friend Nicki and I stayed with Lisa in Panama city for one night upon first arrival and had such a good time that we came a second day before our departure. Lisa and Josue were so great- very laid back and chill and great to talk to. They have some really decent couches--I got a good nights sleep! Highly recommended!
Lisa and Josue--thanks guys!! you are both so awesome! Hopefully our paths will cross again some day. Let me know if you ever fall into the arms of Pennsylvania!
-Christina
From Luisa Schmidt Munich, Germany
Mar 7, 2008 Positive Lisa is a really great person to meet. When we first met, we really had a lot to talk about and we still do. She is a really outgoing and fun person, someone you just have to like. I am so glad that we can hang out together here in Panama for a while and I hope to see her again some time in Germany!! =)
From Alisa Bright Eugene, United States
Mar 1, 2008 Positive absolutley incredible
From Joe Gouldby Holetown, Barbados
Feb 2, 2007  Positive I met Lisa and a bunch of other couchsurfers one evening for a meal. Good conversation coupled with a good sense of humour, I'm sure we'll be hanging out together in the future.
From Annie Kiel Somerville, United States
Feb 2, 2007 Positive lisa is awesome! she would definately be a great host or guest for couchsurfing!!
 From Ethan Holub Pleasant Hill, United States
Jul 19, 2006 she is really cool. i definitely consider her trustworthy and rad |
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