CURRENT MISSION

I am a social worker who works with Mayan women in Guatemala via myl Fair Trade business.

ABOUT ME

I am a 50-year-old clinical social worker with a Fair Trade business working with women's weaving cooperatives and groups in Guatemala. I spend months there each year. I would like to stay with interesting folks when I travel to events to sell our Fairly Trade crafts.

PHILOSOPHY

I look for the best in others. I am politically left/progressive, concerned with human rights.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

just starting!

Interests

Discussions about politics. Beauty of nature and art. Walking.

• arts
• beauty
• human rights
• walking
• crafts
• politics
• traveling
• volunteer work
• business
• psychology
• social work
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

World Music, many independent films, The Sun Magazine

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spend a lot of time in Guatemala, living with Mayan women and working with them on their businesses. I also do psychiatric crisis social work, and prison volunteer work with the Alternatives to Violence Project.

Teach, Learn, Share

Fiar Trade, international development, clinical scial work/psychology.

Countries I’ve Visited

Kenya, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, United States

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