I was born and raised in Spain, but since the end of 2020 I have been taking part in a teaching programme here in Warsaw, where I work in a secondary school with lovely art students that always surprise me with their immense creativity and approach to life. I love seeing their potential, guiding them and seeing how they evolve. It's being a very enriching experience so far, as every day is pretty much a new adventure, and I am very happy to be here despite the sometimes overwhelming lack of sun and blueness.

I started traveling before university because at the time I was suffering a terrible depression and needed to change the scene at all costs. Back then I stayed in different parts of Europe for three years, where I worked as a waitress, postman, bartender and other random jobs. Then I went back home a lot more mature and stable and studied what I'm passionate about. Since I love learning stuff, I have always been involved in all types of things, like improv, ceramics, dancing, languages...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I started using CS because it gives you the opportunity to meet local people who are happy to share their culture, discuss things and explore the world with you. It´s beautiful to be part of another person´s life for a bit or maybe for a longer time. I absolutely love listening to life journeys.

Interests

* Cualquier manifestación artística nacida de un impulso creativo que provoque emociones y me haga reflexionar.
* Explorar el mundo a través de los ojos de los demás y de los míos propios.
* Crear vínculos y entablar amistad con personas con las que pensar juntos.
* Llegar a ser quien soy en potencia.
* Textos escritos por mujeres sobre la intimidad y los afectos.
* Hacer de este mundo salvaje un lugar más amigable.
* La ecología.
* La vida en el sur.

• arts
• literature
• concerts
• music festivals
• education
• flowers
• violin
• hiking
• languages
• circus
• bars
• improv
• ceramics
• analog photography
• trees
• puppets
• clown
• backpaking
• mythologies
• waldorf education
• diaries
• farms
• vegetarian cuisine
• comic strips
• montessori education
• the south
• accion poetica
• anaïs nin
• classical world
• street poetry
• love letters
• everything that is blue

Music, Movies, and Books

Björk, Sigur Ros, Hans Zimmer, Nina Simone, Michael Nyman, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, PJ Harvey, Chopin, Maestro Rodrigo, Love of Lesbian, The National, Francoise Hardy, Elisa, Decemberists...

Lorca, Anaïs Nin, Sylvia Plath, Luna Miguel, Sally Rooney, Neruda, Alejandra Pizarnik, Julio Cortázar, Liv Strömquist, Cervantes, Italo Calvino, Amelie Nothomb, Donna Tarrt, Nabokov, Quino, Alda Merini, Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf...

From Christopher Nolan, Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Paul Thomas Anderson, Fatih Akin, Fellini... to films starring Jack Lemmon and Chaplin.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- I trained the art of clowning to give voice to my inner child and I benefit greatly from it.
- My Erasmus year in Reykjavik was unforgettable: running to catch the northern lights at 3am, dancing in a club with Björk, going around the island with a Basque guy who at a petrol station offered to give us a "lift", stories about dwarfs and other curious creatures, the best cinnamon rolls I have ever tried, knitting scarves for all my family, Erasmus house parties...
- Hitchhiking across Ireland while volunteering and working there.
- Teaching my language and culture abroad is being a life changing experience.
- I played the second violin in a little orquestra till 2013. One day I will get back to my violin!
- While working at the Museo Reina Sofía, I studied Artistic photography and learned to develop my own films in the darkroom.
- I have had conversations in three or even four different languages (although not with the same fluency!).
- I witnessed the birth of a baby cow called Giorgio and fed him afterwards.
- A good bunch of workaway experiences where I milked cows, made ricotta, walked dogs, did some gardening and looked after horses.
- I did a couple of Interrail trips around Scandinavia and then around central Europe where I pretty much slept on trains and train stations cos of the very low budget unless someone offered to host me.

Teach, Learn, Share

I find it is always challenging to leave behind your comfort zone and your prejudices and explore what life can offer you with fresh eyes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share bits of my culture, my time and some stories with you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom