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Oakland, California, United States
@Alexis.christina
Member since 2009
CURRENT MISSION Make friends, travel, learn. ABOUT ME My dream is to become a doctor to practice medicine abroad and promote global health. I am starting my third year of medical school (once I drag myself out of Thailand, at least) in the US. PHILOSOPHY Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week. (yes, I did just quote Jay-Z :p)
Interested in Adventure Sports
Fluent in English
Learning Portuguese
1 Vouch
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I've been to a meeting in Chile, done language exchange in Buenos Aires, and surfed in Manila. I'm looking forward to surfing more through my travels, and hopefully hosting at some point! :) COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I went to a meeting in Santiago, Chile where we ate tapas and I met some pretty cool Chileans. Otherwise, I'm pretty new to this.
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies: Drive, Motorcycle Diaries, City of God, Contagion, Blood Diamond Music: it varies greatly, and I go through phases. Currently i'm in an upbeat indie phase. Books: Mountains Beyond Mountains, The Kite Runner, Marching Powder, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Good Earth, The Poisonwood Bible, Me Talk Pretty One Day
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Driving through the Uyuni, Bolivia. Spectacular! Treacherous bike ride through the Atacama Desert. Hiking the Inca Trail in 2010 with my mother. Feeling a little terrified at Sevilla's Semana Santa as a 13 year old. Skydiving in California in 2010.
Teach, Learn, Share
Share: English (California, USA), Spanish (fluent mix of Spanish from Spain, Argentina, and Mexico), Medicine (or at least I can try!) Learn: anything and everything
My Interests
Languages, medicine, baking, animals, nature, people.
