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Overview

  • 10 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Italian, Portuguese
  • 33, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Travelling, Learning, Discovering, Creating, Partying, Dr...
  • International Management, Environment, and Social Business
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About Me

Traveling hard to discover new places and meet great people while making a positive change in this world

Currently working in Brisbane, Australia in an environmental company providing water, waste and energy worldwide.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting some couchsurfers in the city I live or in places, I travel to
Have a chat, some drinks, discover some places, or just hanging out

Interests

Travelling
Sustainable living
Power of social cohesion to face difficulties
Meeting amazing people trying to make a change in this world
Eco construction
Great things you can do with recycled stuffs
Windsurfing / Kitesurfing
Dancing salsa
Learning new languages
Understanding the contrast between the hapiness of people living with almost nothing in developing countries and the anxiety of people overwelmed by their confort and over-consumption in developed ones.

  • photography
  • environment
  • social action
  • yoga
  • drinking
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • windsurfing
  • rock climbing
  • entrepreneurship
  • journalism
  • languages
  • travelling
  • resilience
  • playing guitar
  • kitesurfing
  • living life

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: reggae, latino, jazz, rock'n'roll !

MOVIES: historic, meaningful, art-house cinema, adventurous, thriller and fantastic

BOOKS: thriller and detective novel and soometimes into some more philosophical books... depends on my mood and on my friends' advices :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being alive :)

Climbing the MachuPicchu

Working for an NGO in Guatemala and getting to know amazing local entrepreneurs fighting for the development of their country

Hike-cycling in South of France alongside the "Canal du midi" for a week with a friend

Moto-treking north of Thailand with friends

Teach, Learn, Share

Very secret and delicious homemade tortilla and crepes (pancakes) :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My happiness and enthusiasm :)
Some franco-spanish / multicultural horizons

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Czech Republic, France, Guatemala, Scotland, Spain

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