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Overview

  • 12 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Creole, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Arabic, German, Italian, Latin, Swahili
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Masters Student researching about Human Rights in Brazil
  • Masters in International Legal Practice
  • From Born in Cape Verde; lived in Lisbon and London
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Learn as if I was going to live forever :)

ABOUT ME

Its kind of hard to describe oneself; open- minded, funny, gentle, always interested in learning, love different cultures, different people, different countries :) passionate about difference basically :) I adore languages :)
I do like to think that I am happy and I like to make people around me happy too. I believe that everyone deserves respect. We must be optimistic :) Life is beautiful =)
My favourite hobby is traveling and meeting new people :)

PHILOSOPHY

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." Malcolm X :) I have a dream !! Martin Luther King :)

I believe that one day we will live in the same world, but with better people. People that care not only of themselves, but also of everyone around.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have friends who are crazy about couch-surfing and we travel a lot :) They host a lot more than me because I am away from home at the moment, but I can't wait to start hosting when I go back to London :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Wonderful :)

Interests

Volunteering-Reading-Cycling-Traveling-Languages-Meeting people-Cinema-Opera-Theatre-Friends-Sociology-Law-Philosophy-Economy-Business-Finance-Trade-TransnationalTrade-EU-Politics-UNESCO-UN-Human Rights-UNICEF-OXFAM-PEOPLE-Photography-literature-culture-museums-nature- and lots of other things:)

  • culture
  • literature
  • photography
  • education
  • human rights
  • politics
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • opera
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • business
  • teaching
  • languages
  • law
  • sociology
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- hum, lets see: I love Edith Piaf, Francois Hardy and Cecile Corbel.

Movies I like far too many so I will keep it simple, I loved Green Mile, What happens in Vegas, Cocou avant Channel, Les sources des femmes, The Pianist, Toutes nos envies, We are a family, A time to Kill, Sin nombre, Polise, The Artist, Metropolis, L'ange bleau,To be or not to be and many others.
Books: The Alchemist, Where Rainbows end, Human Traces, The Help, Eleven Minutes, Veronica decides to die, Crime and Punishment, The Shark, The room, My sister's keeper, Nineteen minutes, Plea of insanity, Catch 22, the Gift, le Petit Prince, L'Etranger, Os Maias, The Innocent and many others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The 6 day trek to Roraima mountain, which felt like the biggest physical challenge that I have had to date. I am very glad that I have done it, as it is a truly incredible experience, but it was quite hard ! I am proud of myself and everyone in my group.

Teach, Learn, Share

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, Portugal, Uganda, United Kingdom

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