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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Dutch, French, Italian, Tamil
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Filmmaker
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts
  • From Toronto, Ontario
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To experience the authentic, the local, and unpredictable.

ABOUT ME

hospitable, clumsy, curious, friendly, creative.

PHILOSOPHY

"But the more I drove, the more I felt I had somewhere to go." - Miranda July

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like hosting and couch surfing, its a great way to learn about other cultures, dispel myths and stereotypes, expand my horizons, find people to exchange ideas with.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've stayed in New Orleans for 5 days, it was an amazing experience. I look forward too more couch surfing. I also lived in Sao Paulo for a month, met some great CSers who have become my friends.

Interests

i like to keep engaged by not staying indoors, by exploring our city and getting to know its interesting communities and underground scenes. I spend my time directing and editing films, mainly documentaries..also making and listening to music...i make electronic/experimental music, love recording live instruments, analog and digital, remixing and reinventing, learning, sharing. i love sound, sonic textures.. . filmmaking, abandoned buildings, photography, urbanism, intervention, social innovation, open source media, community arts of all kinds, geography, hiking and nature.

  • arts
  • photography
  • documentaries
  • film making
  • movies
  • music
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • communications
  • geography

Music, Movies, and Books

Docs - Enjoy Poverty, Music - electronic, avante-garde, jazz, hip hop, world,latin, reggae music that doesnt sound like crap--yes that is very subjective, Books - 100 Years of Solitude, No one Belongs Here More Than You

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

is amazed that she is still here.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can make you laugh, teach you how to love yourself and do the splits.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, India, Netherlands, Venezuela

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