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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Spanish
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Social Worker and Activist
  • Social Work, International Cooperation and Development, C...
  • From Bogota, Bogota, Colombia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Estoy en Bogota-Colombia!

ABOUT ME

I consider myself a world citizen, I am only 28 years old. Since age 18 with a suitcase left my house to try to find a path in life and travel the world .... I am passionate about what I do, I come from a country with many social problems and know that I'd really like to work for Colombia in the community field work with families ,so they can have the chance to live better is something that is not a utopia, can be a reality.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy everyday, sometimes we forget how lucky we are because we value what we have around us.
Share with others is something that is priceless: a conversation, a meal, a wine, a smile, a film, a ....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll have to know all the options afforded me by this community and trying to participate in the group and I share my experiences

Interests

Besides social issues, I like cinema and photography, I would like to learn more technical things about the photography, besides having inspiration and desire. I discovered that there is an incredible magic behind a picture, a person's eyes says more than words.

I come from Colombia, so I was a teenager when I started to become interested in the reading, the Latin American literature was that first came into my hands, writers like Julio Cortazar, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Eduardo Galeano, Juan Rulfo, Juan Carlos Onetti, Roberto Bolanos, Paulo Coelho ...... but otherwise I like writers like Herman Hess, Amin Maaulof, Kapuscinsky, Paul Auster, Albert Camus, and many more, .......

I listen to music from around the world, I do not like to qualify for only one type of music in a style, I think there are a lot of music to enjoy in different moments .

I like to dance salsa from time to time to remember my roots.

I definitely love to walk but now I'm going way to the Netherlands the idea of having a bike its great.

The most season in Madrid that I enjoy is the autumn I love to see the leaves fall from trees and their colors that magically decorate City ......

I love the child. Now kids think faster and sometimes I'm amazed, but I like to discover the world of a child is more pure,discover other worlds with them.
I had a experience about the cared for children in Colombia and Spain, sometimes it has been my student work

  • culture
  • literature
  • photography
  • dancing
  • wine
  • drinking
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • magic
  • music
  • cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

tengo diferentes gustos, desde el cine oriental de Won Kar Way, pasando por Woddy Allen,Tarantino, Godard,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sleeping in the moonlight in the desert of Gujira, Colombia, in a hammock watching the stars ....

Spiritual journey with the sacred drink yage sharing with indigenous people of Putumayo, Nariño in Cocha -

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach spanish, I would like to know about the others countries and I can the chance to travel,I would like share my point of view, my culture, my experience in the places that I have been able to.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Colombia, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

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