I'm a law student at University of Leuven (Belgium), specializing in international and criminal law. I'm particularly interested in human rights, journalism and ecology. I've been active in the youth division of the Plan International, an NGO focusing on children's rights in development countries. Past year, I was the editor-in-chief of Leuven's university paper Veto. Next year I'll be living in Brussels with my best friend, a fellow cat lady.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm interrailing first weeks of July through Europe, planning to visit Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia by train. It's my first solo travel and I would love to meet new people along this journey. My sister Marilou Sleiderink is a host and recommended me this website as she has had wonderful encounters thanks to couch surfing.

Interests

• journalism
• law
• hike

Music, Movies, and Books

- Books: White Teeth (Zadie Smith), The House of the Mosque (Kader Abdollah), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer), The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
- Music: Laura Marling, Talking Heads, The Smiths, Spinvis, The War on Drugs, New Order, Jessie Reyez
- Movies: 20th Century Women, The Apartment, Annie Hall, Frances Ha, Crash Test Aglaé, Le tout nouveau testament

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going on a field trip in 2013 to Ecuador to visit the development projects led by Plan International.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium