CURRENT MISSION

Meet amazing people, eat delicious food, dance all night, learn languages, get dirty, get lost, get found, and keep in touch with everyone along the way!

ABOUT ME

I'm a people person :) I'm also obsessed with traveling. My favorite place to go is Latin America, and I want to do a lot more traveling there. I have two awesome dogs (which makes it hard to travel sometimes...). My favorite things to do are dance, dance, dance, go swimming, go to concerts, go to unique/cool/interesting bars, learn guitar, paint & draw, and go for walks. I'm pretty good at Spanish, and trying to get better, and after my recent trip to Rio, I'm also trying to learn Portuguese!

PHILOSOPHY

Pura Vida

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd like to start off just offering to hang out for a drink or coffee, or to show you my city! :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new!

Interests

Languages, Culture, Art, Dance, Music, Education

• dogs
• arts
• culture
• concerts
• dancing
• bachata
• education
• dining
• coffee
• drinking
• flowers
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• cliff jumping
• swimming
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Fall, Almost Famous, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Moulin Rouge, Office Space, Crazy in Alabama, Tsutsi, The Big Lebowski, Boondock Saints, 40 Year Old Virgin

Music: Bob Marley, Manu Chao, Peter Tosh, Bebe, Citizen Cope, The Beatles, Shakira, Nick Drake, Andy McKee, Sondre Lerch, Jack Johnson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kings of Leon, Jarabe de Palo, Julieta Venegas, Bon Iver, Adele, Lauryn Hill, Joss Stone, Sublime, Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Vampire Weekend, Wycleff

Books: Song for Night (Chris Abani), A Long Way Gone (Ishmael Beah), The House Gun (Nadine Gordimer), A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Xiaolu Guo), Alan & Naomi (Myron Levy), Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cliff Jumping in Israel.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to speak English, to read Hebrew, to dance Hula, to dance Tahitian dance, to find somewhere to dance salsa/bachata/merengue every night of the week in Philly, to hula hoop, to sew, to love my dog.

I'd love to keep learning Spanish, Portuguese, guitar, and almost any other language or type of dance. I also love learning about different types of art, and learning to plant flowers/herbs/veggies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Ireland, Israel, Peru, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States