I am a Ph.D. student in political science working on ONG politics that help Colombian refugees in Ecuador (Lyon, France). Currently, I am an assistant lecturer in Political Science at University Lyon 2. I have studied political science and law.
I try to live on my passions: academic research, fieldwork in a humanitarian context, and teaching!

I love traveling, learning new languages, reading, meeting new people and overall discovering new things that enlarge my vision of the world!
I use to cook when I receive or when I am a guest... My boyfriend says that I'm a creative and unconventional good cooker.
I adore mountains and trees, and enjoying sports in the wild (walking, climbing, skiing...)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Many of my friends spoke me about Couchsurfing, and I meet many couch surfers in Kyrgyzstan when I stay in a friend's place. It was an amazing and inspiring experience.

Travelers are very interesting people who allow me to continue to put a non-ethnocentric eye on my everyday life, the town where I live... and giving me the will to visit new places, countries, towns, mountains (and other types of landscapes)!

For time to time (less now than some years ago), I travel abroad. Traveling (sometimes) with Couchsurfing is a very good way to meet local people, share with them their daily life in their city, and embrace the diversity of the people in this planet.

Interests

Politics, sociology, history, human rights, arts, traveling and meeting new people, their culture, and new places !

• arts
• culture
• literature
• poetry
• theater
• human rights
• dining
• cooking
• indian food
• walking
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• news
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• skiing
• sports
• rock climbing
• history
• languages
• law
• political science
• science
• sociology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: French contemporary music (Pomme, Ben Mazué, Claire Diterzy, Alain Souchon, Mano Negra...), World Music (Anouar Brahaim, ...), regional music (Latin American music from traditional music from the Andes, Electronic Cumbia to reggaeton; Bollywood music; Russian Rock music...), Jazz ( Keith Jarret), Classical music (from European very classic music to Indian classical raga)...

Movies:
Fiction movies such as Welcome; 2046; The Motocycle diaries; Mr and Ms Smith ; Dancer in the Dark ; Rosario Tijeras; Fanaa ...
Historic and politic documentaries (eg.: I loved War Photographers from James Nachtwey)

Books: Catherine Clément, Théodore Monod, Albert Camus, François Cheng...
And currently discovering Haitian authors such as Yanick Lahens (I loved "Failles")
and many academical books in sociology, history, political science, gender studies...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching a volcanic eruption in the night in Ecuador from a nearby hill!
And traveling by earth combing back from India to France (local transports): Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Russia, Europe...

Teach, Learn, Share

Debating and talking about news, history, politics, human rights, literature, theater, poetry, musics, painting, travels ... cooking Indian food, teaching/ practicing French, English, Spanish ...

What I Can Share with Hosts

meals, drinks, talks, Internet, music, movie, party, visite of the town ...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Germany, Guatemala, India, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Nepal, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, France, India, Kyrgyzstan