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Overview

  • 17 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Georgian, Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Working at a NGO in NYC
  • Hofstra University
  • From Hillsborough, NJ
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Have crazy stories to tell my grandkids about!

ABOUT ME

I'm a 5'2'' curly red head living in Brooklyn and loving it. I love traveling and helping people. I work at a children's charity helping kids with medical challenges.

PHILOSOPHY

"The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway." -Mother Teresa

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have surfed many couches the last few years and now I am starting to host in my little apartment in Brooklyn.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted a few people, and I have couch surfed around Israel, Palestine, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Colorado, and most recently Montreal, Canada.

Interests

Dancing, photography, social justice work, 80's music bars, writing, Africa, people watching at cafes, live music, traveling, human rights, fashion, gluten free food, New York City, cooking, theater, the former USSR, the beach, laughing, Uno, Dirty Shirley drinks, and accents.

  • writing
  • theater
  • fashion
  • photography
  • dancing
  • human rights
  • dining
  • cooking
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

U2, Coldplay, Guster, Dispatch, Pitbull, Britney Spears, Queen, Jack Johnson, Shakira, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Kanye West.

Singing In The Rain, Clueless, Sixteen Candles, Kill Bill I and II, When Harry Met Sally, Grease, 10 Things I Hate About You, Back To The Future II.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Coolio kissed me. Like 1990s Gangsters Paradise washed up rapper Coolio.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, United Kingdom, United States

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