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Overview

  • 8 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • magazine publishing / journalist
  • Journalism and communication
  • From Mexico City
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

do what i would never do

ABOUT ME

I'm a very eclectic person, I enjoy surround with different kind of people so I can learn things I don't know.

Even obsessive with detail and getting to know every inch of the places I’m traveling, what I enjoy the most is the unexpected, Couchsurfing is a good place to start with this adventure.

I am a journalist and for the last years I have specialized in architecture and design issues, so the cities and the life in the cities is what inspire me.

Likewise, I expect and enjoy tasting the local flavors, I'am a firm believer that one of the best way to understand a culture is through its food.

PHILOSOPHY

Open to give...open to receive

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing is not really about a couch...for me CS a really rewarding way of traveling, as a host and as a guest. The couchsurfers with whom I've shared have made of my trips even more exiting and wonderful experiences and I'd like to think that they think in the same way.

Interests

I enjoy outdoors, travelling and nature.
I really like food, not just eating, also cooking and create and try new dishes,
I'm interested in urbanism and in sustainable alternatives in the urban environment as urban orchards, bicycles, etc.

  • culture
  • architecture
  • design
  • environment
  • dining
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Reading: Paul Auster, Philip Roth, John Kennedy Ttoole, Pablo Neruda, Rudyard Kipping, Milan Kundera. Movies: Woody Alen, jim Jarmush, Lars Von Trier, Cronenberg, Scorsese....Music:Nina Simone,Billie Holliday, Amy Winehouse, Beirut, Belle and Sebastian, My Magic Numbers, My Morning Jaket, Beirut, Bjôrk, Buena Vista Social Club, Frank Zappa, Jorge Drexler, Kevin Johansen, Madeline Peyroux, Neko Case, Portishead, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Russian Red, The Velvet Undergroudnd, Massive Attack, Stan Getz, Yann Tiersen....and more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Inspire half of my office commuting by bike to work.

Teach, Learn, Share

I really enjoy cooking and eating, I'm a good cooker and I enjoy trying and experimenting new ingredients, so I'm willing to learn and share about this among other stuff.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Mexico, United Kingdom

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