CURRENT MISSION

Opening my eyes and seeing the world, and meeting amazing people in the process! Major wanderlust :-P

ABOUT ME

I'm laidback, enjoy every experience for what it's worth (good or bad, you can still learn from everything!), I don't like negative people or attitudes in my life...I love to do it all - I can dance the night away at the hottest club in LA one weekend, do community clean up with Americorps volunteers in DC the next, and then run down to Miami for a Cuban-American student conference on International Human Rights...or at least I used to travel a lot before I got an amazing job that pays nada - settling in Buffalo for a while to foster my passion of working with people of different cultures and backgrounds and to finish up my degree before the next adventure/opportunity reveals itself! :)

PHILOSOPHY

Lots of people go through life doing the motions in a daze - stay awake and savor it!

Ubuntu - My humanity is tied to yours...I am a person through other people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Not sure yet?! I'm new to the idea but loving it!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet?! Hoping to change that soon!

Interests

tational Service, volunteerism, international human rights, political refugees, traveling the world, politics, wine tastings, locally brewed beer, pretty shoes, animal rights/vegetarianism, cooking, coffee, beaches, African studies, people that work in the restaurant industry, shopping locally, Macs, reading, adventures!

• animals
• dancing
• education
• human rights
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• wine tasting
• running
• clubbing
• shopping
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• teaching
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Cape Town bands, cheesy top 100 pop hits, Ani Difranco

Movies - Pretty Woman, Beyond Borders, Blood Diamond, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Star Wars :-P

Books - Nadine Gordimer "The Pickup", George Orwell "1984", Audrey Niefenger "The Time Traveler's Wife", Gabriel Garcia Marquez "Love in the Time of Cholera", Mark Twain "How Nancy Jackson married Kate Wilson: Tales of Daring and Rebellious Young Women"

Teach, Learn, Share

I believe that dialogue and education foster peace, and only through the sharing of ideas and cultures can a better world be created for all of us!

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, United States