CURRENT MISSION

paz y amor

ABOUT ME

I'd like to make the world a little better.

PHILOSOPHY

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere, people may cheat you;
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the end, it is between you and your G-d;
It was never between you and them anyway.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

open mind and heart

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

new to this site, but I have traveled around

Interests

I spend my days teaching 3rd grade and afternoons with my after school Drama program...And when I'm not there I make cards, candles, jewelery, and take lots of photographs.

• cats
• dogs
• arts
• singing
• cooking
• recipes
• coffee
• vegetarian
• crafts
• gardening
• juggling

Music, Movies, and Books

Books...
currently reading The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
anything by David Sedaris
The Giving Tree
If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow
AA

Music
Manu Chao
The Coup
Janis Joplin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

After 4 months of teaching a nonverbal 5 year old autistic boy, he took my hand and said his A-B-Cs and letter sounds!

put together a drama program for the 4th and 5th grade students at my school! their productions amaze me!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love making stuff and taking photos, anyone who wants to do arts and crafts with me, we can make jewelery and cards! I can cook for you! I want to learn your recipes (vegetarian and pesca-tarian)! Can we go take photos together? I love my film camera, and have been shooting film for a long time, but I finally entered the digital age. I can juggle... sometimes..and spin fire poi...anyone who wants to practice and put on a show? I think I can sing so any musicians around? I love practicing Spanish ..peudemos hablar en espanol? i want to start a garden, but haven't yet...and i love my cats and dogs! I make a great cuban coffee...and i love tea time!!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'll share whatever I've got

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Gibraltar, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, United States