I am Joaquina, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, (22 years old). I would describe myself as a theater lover, environmental fighter, cultural developed, half time runner. I usually get quiet when I'm dysphonic lol.
I am about to finish my semester at Brussels School IHECS Journalism & Communication, a medium-University- size in the Center area of Brussels, BEL. From January I`m trying hard to get all my french knowledge into practice. Let`s keep going! I love languages but specially French bc it was something pending in my life: my grandma was a French teacher and my mom is fluent but not me.

I had already have the experience of sharing my life with international people back in 2016 (16 years old) when I was a Rotary Youth Exchange Student (RYE) during 11 month in Ohio, USA. Back there I lived with 3 different hosted families around 4 months each while I was doing my last year of High School. During my departure, my Argentine family hosted people as well in the room I left empty! 2 Rotary students from Brazil and France.

ABOUT ME: I studied theatre for 3 years at a small Theatre School in Buenos Aires. I`m currently in my last academic year of Institutional and Advertising Communications at the University level. I love to run long distance and to write short stories. I am veggie!
I am always opened to go out, meet people with a beer or a tea in between, or maybe nothing, because the importance is focus on having a great time rather great food… or not…

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

After my Erasmus Adventure, I will be traveling Europe as much as I could before returning back to Argentina at the middle of July. I am really into shearing my culture and South American perspective with the people I meet, but also CouchSurfing It is the best option to save money up.

Interests

• museums
• london
• madrid
• dublin
• barcelona
• rome
• sofia

Music, Movies, and Books

International pop music as much as Latin music (reggaeton, argentinian national rock) . However, my fav band is Queen (super influenced by my mom lol) and my best Concert so far was Dady Yankee 2019.

Movies: Seven (1995), La vida es Bella, Bohemian Rhapsody.

I enjoy reading Psicology by argentinian authors as Gabriel Rolon, or Eduardo Sacheri´s novels. He was the writter of the 2º argentinian movie of winning the Oscar "The Secret in Their Eyes".

I prefer movies better than series. I dont usually have time to watch, but I least I keep updated.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking alone in the valleys of Cordoba, Argentina. South America has the bad reputation of being dangerous, specially for woman. I was confident, the area was nice and people of that region had already treated me so kindly so I after seeing those 3 reasons I jumped into the adventure. I would completely disagree if someone would tell me you don`t learn from experiences you faced.

Teach, Learn, Share

Of course I could teach my 1º language, Spanish, or at least encourage those who know it, speak it. I also know a lot of recipies from Argentina (specially sweet dishes) that I could make before sharing a Mate! (Argentinian national drink). I bring my mate cup and the Yerba to each city I go!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My travelers adventures: 40 days in Chile, Peru, Bolivia when I was 13 years old with my family in our camper. 1 year in the USA living with locals, 5 months in Belgium as a university student
I also have individual knowledge thankful for my studies about, culture mindset, enviromental issues, the History of Theater and Cinema, Adds, Cinema, Acting, Directing, etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Belgium, United States