CURRENT MISSION

skeptical of reason and rationality, conocimiento questions conventional knowledge's current categories, classifications, and contents. -gloria anzaldúa

ABOUT ME

i am currently a full-time grad student at the UA in tucson, az. i am working on a 'graduate certificate' in gender and women's studies. i hope to be starting full-time in a master's program in fall 2010... i am still waiting to hear back from the schools i applied to (fingers crossed!). this semester i am doing an independent study that is looking at transnational capitalism and neoliberal state policies in relation to sexualized/gender violence and the feminization of labor on the US/Mexico border. i have a long personal history of volunteer work. last year i was an Americorps volunteer for a nonprofit feminist press here in tucson where i was a program coordinator for an after-school program for high school girls to workshop their writing. for over a year now, i have been an active member in tucson's Read Between the Bars, a nonhierarchical collective that sends books to prisoners (for free) in the state of az. i am also a project assistant for an LGBT Oral Histories project.
i work part-time for Tucson Unified School District as a support staff for students who have developmental disabilities. i play on two coed recreational soccer teams, one indoor soccer team and one outdoor soccer team. we play for the love and fun of the game on the weekends. i have one dog and two cats, and my lovely type 1 diabetic sister (my best friend). okay well i think that sums it up!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i just joined CS, my best friend tony told me about CS about a year ago before he ventured off to New Zealand where he had some good experiences couch surfing. i am very open to the idea of CS and would like to turn this idea into a practice. message me if you are travelin' through good ole' tucson az.

Interests

my bike, my pup, feminism, the borderlands, genderqueer culture, laughing.

• cats
• dogs
• culture
• writing
• books
• womens rights
• volunteer work
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• surfing
• soccer
• history
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

shortbus directed by john cameron mitchell, the moths and other stories written by helena maría viramontes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i lived in hungary for four months... that was pretty amazing. i went to mexico city to visit my tía... also pretty amazing. los pirámides de teotihuacan y malinalco were incredible. oooh and i got to see lots of diego rivera y frriiiiida <3

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, United States