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Overview

  • 13 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, Nahuatl, Turkish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Researcher, Archivist, Lecturer
  • Ph.D. student in linguistics
  • From Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

Ph.D. student in USA. I primarily document Naso, an endangered indigenous language in Panama.

Trained as a psychologist, practiced as linguist, with the heart of an artist.

I go native every time. Some people call me a chameleon.

I'm a capoeirista! Would love to meet others around the globe...

PHILOSOPHY

life as art

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Have hosted surfers in Istanbul, North Carolina, Bulgaria, New York. Meet great people everywhere!

used to host potlucks in New York weekly (between 50 and 70 guests every timeǃ)

Interests

meeting new people and connecting.

experimental sounds, sights, and cognition-- seeing art everywhere

appreciation and documentation of endangered languages and cultures.

  • fish
  • arts
  • running
  • fishing
  • languages
  • psychology
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

some film directors- tarkovsky, chahine, masumura, antonioni, bergman, yoshida, rasoulof, paradjanov, bresson, teshigahara, chytilova etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When the rain storms flood the terrain in Panamanian mountains and indigenous wounaan people run out to catch (nets, machetes, bare hands) thousands of fish that have been rerouted to new streams.

What I Can Share with Hosts

my experience with indigenous people and languages in central america

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Panama, Turkey, United States, Venezuela

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