CURRENT MISSION

making a positive impact in the world while living fully and having fun

ABOUT ME

I'm generally a mix of goofy and serious, idealistic and critical, self-sacrificing and egotistical, and so on. I get along well with most people. My best friend says I can talk to anyone about three topics: cats, yoga and peeing. I'm not grossed out or surprised easily, and love to talk about everything from relationships to spirituality to patriarchy and racism. I prefer silence to small talk.

PHILOSOPHY

Pretty open and expansive, and always evolving. I'd rather talk about it than write about it.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've both hosted and been hosted a few times.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far, amazing! I've met some really cool people, had unique experiences in other cities, and hopefully shown a good time in my own!

Intereses

dancing, eating, time with friends and loved ones, yoga, reading, language, anti-oppression work, self-exploration and growth, spirituality, popular education and community empowerment, fightin' the powers-that-be, conspiracy theories, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, dreams, making my/our own path(s), wine, cooking, growin' stuff, nature, cities, keeping the little voices at bay and following the deeper knowing...

• cats
• fish
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• wine
• yoga
• reading
• fishing
• teaching

Música, películas y libros

Favorite authors include: Tom Robbins, Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, Isabel Allende, and Milan Kundera

Music: anything I can dance or sing to. Favorites include: Salsa, reggae, reggaeton, brass bands, hits from the 90s, bossa nova, Erykah Badu, and Fleetwood Mac :)

Algo increíble que he hecho

Mmm, can I write a few?Watching a homeless man's face light up as snow fell in New Orleans.Seeing the sun glisten off the water as I ate fresh fish and climbed sand dunes at the Reserva Nacional de Paracas, Peru. Pushing past knee pain to climb my way through Cinque Terre, Italy, and having the pain actually go away once I'd made my decision to not be stopped by it.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Skills: poppin' a squat anywhere, bumming cigarettes, getting lostLike to learn: more about popular education, more about participatory social research, Portuguese Ok, so this might not seem like an even exchange...

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