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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Ancient Greek, French, German, Italian, Latin
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Creative & Social Media Director
  • Lic. Philosophy (University of Buenos Aires)
  • From Buenos Aires
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About Me

(This is still a work in progress, I´m not gifted with bio-writing skills so I´m bugging -I mean, begging!- a friend to do this for me).

I worked in theater as a tour manager, assistant director and as a performer-translator for various international and really cool projects. After a good deal of traveling for work I decided to return home to Buenos Aires to finish my studies (Philosophy) and set up headquarters for a while.

I took up translating as a hobby and it soon turned out to be a new fascinating line of work. I have since engaged in both solitary and collective translation projects on medieval philosophy, architecture and theater.

I also and almost simultaneously co-founded FELPA, a small Buenos Aires-based production studio intended as a multidisciplinary and international creative platform. As a Creative & Social Media Director, I develop digital MKT and PR strategies for local and foreign brands, as well as for start-ups and smaller artistic ventures.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Candid, often witty, buoyant throughout. This is the kind of conversations I love to engage in and the main reason I´m on any social network. I´m always looking forward to meeting wonderful people and why not making new lifelong friends.

I was a member of Hospitality Club, which I used to travel around Europe quite a few years ago. I also offered a couch in Berlin, while living there in 2006-07. I had nothing but the best experiences, both as a guest and as a host.

Interests

  • literature
  • theater
  • architecture
  • design
  • graphic design
  • contemporary art
  • photography
  • film making
  • film festivals
  • salsa dancing
  • tango
  • swing dancing
  • running
  • walking
  • live music
  • cycling
  • philosophy
  • cinema
  • performance art
  • contemporary dance
  • social media
  • long walks
  • performance
  • networking
  • translation
  • digital marketing
  • contemporary music
  • content marketing
  • medieval studies

Music, Movies, and Books

Recent and beloved reads: The Kingdom by Emmanuel Carrère, Moby Dick, Running by Jean Echenoz, The Stream of Life by Clarice Lispector.

Not so recent, equally beloved: The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño, Gravity´s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, Löwen by Hans Blumenberg, Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto.

Books that are always on the nightstand: Spheres I, II and III by Peter Sloterdijk.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Germany, Spain

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