CURRENT MISSION

A book of my own poetry

ABOUT ME

I'm 33, a professor of Hispanic literature, married, and with two mutts. I have spent long stays in Colombia, Brazil, France, Mexico and Bolivia and have traveled extensively elsewhere. I love literature, teaching, traveling, hiking and cooking vegetarian meals for friends and family. I prefer small gatherings to noisy parties, although I do love to go out dancing. I am equally happy treking the Anapurna circuit as I am in the MOMA. My husband and I just had a son, Mateo, in September.

PHILOSOPHY

From my Quaker roots: Live simply so others may simply live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My husband and I are a multi-cultural couple who love meeting people from around the world and different walks of life. We are interested in sharing a not-so-visited corner of New York City to fellow travelers and to exchange perspectives with others.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Marvelous! Thank you CS!

Interests

Learning other languages
Literature
Hiking, backpacking, camping
Writing and translating poetry
Latin dance
International politics
Traveling (of course)

• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• cooking
• vegetarian
• partying
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Alberti, Almodóvar, Amenábar, Armstrong, Austen, Alceu Valença, Bach, Bartok, Baudelaire, Beatles, Beethoven, Bergman, Bolaño, Borges, Caetano Veloso, Café Tacuba, Camus, Cavafy, Cervantes, Charly García, Chico Buarque, Cocteau, Coltrane, Cortázar, cummings...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Summer snowstorm in Torres del Paine.
A moose calf under a rainbow near Mt. Denali.
Burning bodies by the Ganges.
Sand surfing in the Sahara.
Clouds of ladybugs on Mt. Edna.
Night crossing of the Bosphorus.
The clouds below Kilimanjaro.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm an excellent teacher -- especially of Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Rwanda, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, France, Mexico, United States

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