Have you ever been to a country or simply a place and just felt like you belonged there? This happened to me in Mexico. I love the Latin American culture in general and sometimes feel like I should have been born there.

I have seven great passions: sustainability, hiking, traveling, public speaking, languages, dancing, and socializing. I'd love to share some of them with you!

I'm the chairperson for an environmental NGO in which I'm also the project lead for a project on climate change adaptation in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India. Volunteering and especially development work is something that has made me grow immensely as a person, both professionally and personally, and I cannot recommend it enough.

In the future I want to work with clean water and sanitation, climate change adaptation, and stormwater management. I'd love to learn more about how these things work in your country and your own experiences.

"Los mexicanos nacemos donde nos da la rechingada gana."
- Chavela Vargas

**DISCLAIMER**
If you do not provide the slightest information about yourself, your purpose of travel, and why you would like to stay with me, I will not respond.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In my experience, you can be in the most breathtaking place in the world and yet what gives you those sweet memories that makes you remember it always are the people you met there. It's never about the place - it's always about the people.

Interests

• culture
• salsa dancing
• bachata
• environment
• coffee
• vegan
• traveling
• socializing
• dumpster diving
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• mountaineering
• sports
• soccer
• badminton
• teaching
• languages
• nature
• trekking
• sustainability
• muay thai
• climbing
• public speaking
• toastmaster
• rotary
• toastmasters international

Music, Movies, and Books

Oh! I have lots. One of my favorite book series will forever be Harry Potter. (I grew up with my Dad reading them to me. Such sweet memories.) One of my favorite authors in newer days is Sarah J. Maas and her series Throne of Glass. Absolutely mindblowing. In general I prefer fantasy books.

Movies: "Free Solo". By far the best (and most nerve-racking!) movie and documentary that I have ever seen! I would also like to add the movie "Don't Look Up" as one of my absolute favorites because of its pure satire of our current society and its inability to act, creating a strong call for action. Also, Leonardo DiCaprio is starring in it, and he is just mindblowing (as always).

Series: The Korean rom-com "Crash Landing on You". So funny and cute!

Music: Eminem, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Linkin Park, P!nk, Dua Lipa, Sia, Bad Bunny, Karol G, Danny Ocean, Pinto Picasso, Esme, Tessa, Christopher, Saint Clara, Rasmus Seebach. Salsa, bachata and reggaeton music in general. (Yes, I love dancing!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It impossible to decide on only one, so here are a few:
- Walking the Darién rainforest in Panama and reaching Pechito Parado, the place where Vasco Núñez de Balboa (a Spanish conquistador) first spotted the Pacific Ocean back in 1513
- Hiking the Thorsborne Trail on Hinchinbrook Island
- Follow my heart and go back to a place where I belong
- Climbing and summiting Golep Kangri (5950 masl) and Stok Kangri (6153 masl) in Ladakh, India
- Hiking solo in the Făgăraș mountains in Romania
- Dancing with strangers in the park Alameda Central in CDMX, Mexico
- Spending New Year's Eve on the beach with two friends I'd met the day before and a bottle of wine
- Solo hiking the Arctic Circle Trail in Greenland in 7 days in arguably the wettest month in decades (July 2023)
- Climbing and summiting Huayna Potosí (6088 masl) en La Paz, Bolivia (way more of a mountaineering adventure than my first 6000 m climb!)
- Climbing and summiting the volcanoes Chimborazo (6263 masl) and Cotopaxi (5897 masl) in Ecuador (while having a cold, I might add - stupid but worth it)
- Taking the 4-day slow boat from Leticia to Manaus on the Amazon River

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: How to live more sustainably, tricks to learning any language, my mistakes so that you can avoid them, the joy in the simplest things, appreciation of a body without injuries, how to cook a filling vegan meal, the benefits of solo traveling, how to avoid bike rage, public speaking techniques

Learn: Anything you're willing to teach me!

Share: Time, experiences, WiFi, shower and soap, clean towel, a hearty vegan meal, languages, interests, my network, my friends. Mi casa es tu casa!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Happiness, positive energy, and good humor (be prepared for sarcasm!). If you are interested in environmental issues (especially water), then I'd be delighted to indulge you!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Denmark, Mexico, Sweden