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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Arabic, French, Portuguese, Yiddish
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • Former community organizer for justice in Israel/Palestin...
  • Hampshire College 2008-2011 (BA in Liberal Arts), Tulane ...
  • From New Jersey
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About Me

Hello! I'm a bisexual Jewish woman in my late 20s with a fun but dark sense of humor and a great earring collection. I'm currently not working, and and on a personal travel journey to restore spiritually but have fun and learn a lot of things in the process.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm currently traveling for 2.5 months around Brazil and hopefully Argentina - to give myself some breathing room from my last job, do a lot of reflection, and connect with this really special country. I always love getting to know a place through the people who live there. It helps me a lot financially to be able to couchsurf with people but I'm eager to make it worthwhile by cooking/cleaning and being good company!

Interests

  • dancing
  • meditation
  • traveling
  • biking
  • children
  • vegetarian cooking
  • judaism
  • going out with friends
  • queer culture
  • learning from people's stories
  • learning to cultivate creative skills
  • reading tarot

Music, Movies, and Books

Longtime faves: Alanis Morisette, Tracy Chapman, Indigo Girls, Beyonce, Fleet Foxes, Simon & Garfunkel, Robyn
Current faves: Perrota Chingo, Solange, Kehlani, Liane La Havas, Moana soundtrack, Las Cafeteras, La Santa Cecelia, top 40s pop songs...

Movies: Rent, Pariah, Amelie, Interstellar, Spiceworld... I love watching movies but don't remember my favorites?? (my faves used to be American Beauty and Woody Allen films but can't glorify rapists...)
TV: Difficult People, Bobs burgers, key & peele, Chewing Gum is a recent fave, curb your enthusiasm, bojack horseman

Books: both Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Tower by Octavia Butler, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neil Hurston, Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, American Pastoral by Philip Roth

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In the US I was a part of supporting immigrant youth who were organizing to be able to access colleges/universities paying the same rate as people born in the US/with documents. It was an amazing and inspiring campaign, some of the best people I know.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love learning new languages, different ways to cook, different ways that people live, and about astrology/enneagram/meyers-briggs etc. I'm happy to help people learn English, I know a decent amount about Judaism if that's something you're interested to learn about, I love talking about gender and sexuality, especially lgbtq sexuality :) I am good with math and helping people get organized in their life if that's something you could use support with!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Happy to do cleaning and cooking (and baking) in the house! I also love children and am very experienced in childcare, so could help out with taking care of the kids. I make a great egg toast sandwich (tomatoes, avocado, etc), roasted veggie desh, or tofu stir-fry - and I'm super eager to learn and then replicate! I am also good at fixing jewelry (minor-medium repairs) and putting together ikea furniture. I'm also (humbly) excited to learn more forro so if you want a friend to go out with I'm 100% there.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Scotland

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