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Overview

  • 6 references
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Portuguese
  • 44, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • PhD
  • From Ptown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Be a planographer, changing the world one community at a time ;)

ABOUT ME

Hi! I’m social, fun-loving and welcome the opportunity to talk to different people to help me gain perspective about the world around me. I travel quite a lot and enjoy learning about the places I visit. Although I am a fanatic of big cities and the pace of urban life, I also enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, rollerblading, kayaking, and maybe one day in the future, paragliding.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I recently moved to Santa Fe to conduct my doctoral dissertation research. Hosting in a possibility in the future, but for now I would love to meet new people and explore the town.

Interests

In my free time from my doctoral research (ha!), I do pilates and am trying out this new exercise trend from Europe called Bio8! I was a classically trained ballet dancer and danced jazz, modern, and tap. While I don’t dance much these days, I still enjoy going to see shows. Also interesting is that I am a vegetarian living in Argentina!

  • dancing
  • ballet dancing
  • vegetarian
  • exercise
  • pilates
  • traveling
  • jazz
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • kayaking
  • rock climbing
  • paragliding
  • mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1)Climbing the tallest mountain in the Caribbean (yes, the islands have mountains). Shout out to Pico Duarte, Dominican Republic and its surrounding communities. 2) Onsen experience looking out to Mount Fuji. It appears many of my “amazing experiences” have to do with mountains….I suppose it shows that as huge points of reference mountains have given me perspective.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Portugal, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

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