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Overview

  • 5 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 46, Female
  • Member since 2005
  • Professional speaker and author
  • BA Anthropology MS Anthropology
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Building my business, starting a family, and traveling the world.

ABOUT ME

business owner that loves to see new things. i like to adventure!

www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com

PHILOSOPHY

people be chillin'.. not bothering nobody.. 'till one person f with 'em... and all hell break loose

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i have hosted and i have been hosted through couch surfing. here's my blog about my experience https://crosscountryinaford.wordpress.com/ in the US and here's the one http://shoreylandtojapan.wordpress.com/ about Japan.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

we went to Japan in February 2011 and stayed with an awesome host in Kyoto. 2010 we did a tour through the south couch surfing. we stayed with folks from CS in Jackson, Alexandria, and El Paso. my first experience was having two young men stay with me in Dallas.

Interests

reading, dancing, meeting people, financial planning, traveling, small business ownership, youth development

  • dancing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • blogging
  • surfing
  • business

Music, Movies, and Books

movies - Natural Born Killers
music - Mos Def either album, Erykah Badu
books - Celestine Prophecy, Things Fall Apart, Boy Wives and Female Husbands

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i helped raise my nephew.

Teach, Learn, Share

i think every person has something to teach and something they can learn. it's very important to be open to sharing information, in all forms, when meeting someone new.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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