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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • Conservation Biologist
  • University of Oxford- MSc Biodiversity, conservation and ...
  • From La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia
  • Profile 65% complete

About Me

I just finished my MSc in Oxford (UK) where I lived for a year and half, now I´m travelling a bit before going back to my country and start working to hopefully help save jaguars! I love wildlife, nature, music and travelling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like meeting people, interesting conversations and experience exchanging. I´m also on a very limited budget so this is perfect.

Interests

  • cats
  • wildlife
  • music festivals
  • dancing
  • animal welfare
  • vegan
  • music
  • live music
  • nature
  • vegetarianism
  • aurora borealis
  • veganism
  • natureza
  • sustainable living
  • nature walks
  • wild animals
  • nature conservation
  • love animals
  • cat
  • wildlife conservation

Music, Movies, and Books

I loooove music and reading. It´s too difficult to choose just a few favorite bands or books, maybe top bands would be Pixies, Radiohead, NOFX, QOTSA, Rancid, Deftones. Top writers would be Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond, Simone de Beauvoir, George Monbiot, J. R. R. Tolkien.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was born at 3600 m asl and lived there most of my life. I have had the fortune and honor to work doing what I love, which is trying to save nature and particularly wild animals. That allowed me to meet amazing inspiring people, to visit wonderful places and to see many of my favorite animals free in their natural habitats. Some of the most incredible things I did would be: living and working with Amazonian indigenous communities for months; swimming in Amazonian rivers in Brazil; researching and working to conserve beautiful carnivores like Andean foxes and wildcats; seeing grizzly and black bears in Canada; seeing cheetahs, lions, leopards, caracals and other beautiful carnivores in Africa; being surrounded by a huge herd of elephants in Botswana; studying in the best university in the world. I feel very proud and full of gratitude for all of these.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share interesting and informed opinions and experiences mostly about nature and wildlife conservation, but also about social aspects of the places I´ve lived and visited. I can share my passion for animals and nature, and some Latin dance lessons :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Egypt, England, France, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Namibia, Northern Ireland, Peru, Scotland, South Africa, Uruguay, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, England

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