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Overview

  • 3 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Nepali, Spanish
  • 47, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • strategy, evaluation, and planning consultant for nonprof...
  • amazing education - both formal and non formal; degrees i...
  • From san jose, ca
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

be open to flow with the mysteries of life

ABOUT ME

I guess I'll start with I LOVE to dance... particularly partner dancing. Salsa is my favorite, and I also love Zydeco, Swing, and pretty much anything else. I am blessed with amazing friendships in all areas of my life - including with my family members. I love having adventures and stretching my frame of reference. Lately I've been really working to understand the worldview for those who come from a "collectively" oriented culture, as opposed to the "individually" oriented western culture i'm from and most familiar with.

I miss traveling and connecting with new people and feel like my current phase of life (not to mention the state of the world!) is much smaller than it used to feel. In addition to running my own organizational development consulting practice, I also spend a lot of time mom-ing my now 12 year old daughter and care-taking for my own mom who has recently been diagnosed with dementia. I'm really excited to connect with new folks and have new adventures.

PHILOSOPHY

try to leave things a little better than how you found them.

always be a learner.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surfing, hosting

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nicole: surfed in Delhi, Dubai, Flagstaff AZ, and London.
hosted a range of happy wanderers through San Jose, CA.

My daughter hasn't surfed yet but is looking forward to it!!

Interests

dancing, hiking, yoga, riding motorcycles, cooking (& eating!), dancing, laughing, listening to people speak about their passion.

  • culture
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • motorcycles
  • hiking
  • surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

i love "strictly ballroom," "the red tent," and music w/ an afro-caribbean beat. among many, many others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

taken my parents to a rural village in Nepal to participate in the "great festival" of dashain.

take my daughter to kenya to visit her grandparents

Teach, Learn, Share

i love learning about the way other people see the world and think about things....

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, France, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Mexico, Nepal, United States

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