CURRENT MISSION

Fully enjoy life on earth as I know it.

ABOUT ME

Living and working in DC. My dream is to travel the world and study, make friends everywhere, get certified to teach, and somewhere in between have a family of my own.

PHILOSOPHY

People are people everywhere you go. Stereotypes run thin.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've just joined, but I'm hoping to meet people in my local area, tell my friends about this, and start utilizing it when I travel.

Interests

Languages (especially French, Spanish, Italian and Arabic) and all people who speak those respective languages, Politics, Independent Films, Salsa dancing, Cooking, Nature in general, Baseball and Soccer, Living Abroad

• dancing
• salsa dancing
• education
• cooking
• running
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• baseball
• soccer
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Michel Gondry films! Especially Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep. Motorcycle Diaries, Gael Garcia Bernal*** Amores Perros, El Mar Adentro, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Zoolander, What about Bob, Lost in Translation, Auberge Espagnole

Authors: Gabriela Mistral, Sara Teasdale, Umberto Eco, Orhan Pamuk, Milan Kundera

Music: It's a Smorgusborg Folks! I like...The Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, The Beatles, The Kinks, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, Barbara Streisand, The Killers, Beck, U2, Pearl Jam, Shakira, Indochine, Juanes, The Cranberries, Bela Fleck, Nickel Creek, Dave Brubeck, Nancy Ajram, Marcel Khalife, Fairouz, Johnny Cash, KT Tunstall, Michael Jackson, Incubus, Andrea Bocelli, Pink Floyd, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, The White Stripes, Stevie Wonder, Sufjan Stevens, Robbie Williams, Bjork, Damien Rice, Coldplay, Anything Hillsong, Jacques Brel, Badly Drawn Boy, Aerosmith, Guster, Extreme, Aloha, Modest Mouse, Queen, Reliant K, Shane & Shane, Phish, Paolo Conte, Miles Davis, Madonna, Louise Attaque, Jovanotti, Jimmy Eat World

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived without running water for 4 months.

Teach, Learn, Share

"There is no such thing as a solution to world poverty, but Education comes pretty close."
I heard this phrase at a briefing on Capitol Hill for a PBS special on education policy. It was really touching, and I hope as a teacher I do my part in this worldwide struggle.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Paraguay, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States