CURRENT MISSION

To step out of my comfort zone and experience new opportunities!

ABOUT ME

I'm currently a 4th year college student at the University of Chicago studying Economics and Visual Arts. I'm studying abroad for the Fall Quarter in Vienna, Austria. I come from a Latin background, mainly Brazilian, and have never really traveled to Europe. I'm only here for a short time, but I hope in that time I can immerse myself in the language, culture, and peculiarities of each city I explore!

PHILOSOPHY

"The definition of success--To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one's self; to leave the world a little better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition.; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you
have lived--this is to have succeeded."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am more than willing to let people come visit me if they are ever in Chicago!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have not yet tried CS but have heard great things about it.

Interests

Painting, Drawing, Scultpture, The MARK - Advertising, Marketing, PR, oh my!, Capoeira, Skype!!, Insomnia, Soccer, Brazil (penta campeon!), Working out, dancing, Laying at the Beach, Chillin', etc...

• arts
• culture
• beauty
• dancing
• capoeira
• working out
• gardening
• painting
• drawing
• soccer
• economics
• visual arts
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

...Red Hot Chili Peppers, Remy Zero, Aqualung, Air, Gary Jules, Foo Fighters, Frou Frou, Gorilaz, Bright Eyes, Postal Service, Infected Mushroom, Vanessa da Mata, Seu Jorge, LS Jack, Iron & Wine, Jeff Buckley, Lauren Hill, Led Zepplin, Lenny Kravitz, Moby, Oasis, The Offspring, Pepper, Puddle of Mudd, Afroman, Authority Zero, Zox, Billy Talent, Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, The Cardigans, The Click Five, Coldplay, Matt Costa, The Darkness, Death Cab for Cutie, Dispatch, The Faint, Immortal Technique, Necro, Pete Yorn, Jesse Ruben, Beck, Radiohead, The Shins, This Way, Tori Amos, Jewel, Tupac...

Books:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, And Still we Rise, Like Water for Chocolate, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Youth in Revolt, White Oleander, Hey Whipple Squeeze This.