Marisa

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My name is Marisa, I'm originally from New Jersey, and I am a Philosophy instructor at a college in California!

The two loves of my life are academic philosophy and travel. When I'm not teaching or researching, I'm planning trips to national parks in California and surfing Workaway. Prior to starting my Master's, I spent a magical year in Southeast Asia, teaching, volunteering, learning about permaculture, and seeing as many things as possible. This experience taught me independence, patience, courage, and humility; and it whet my desire to see as much of the world as possible. After I finished my Master's, I did a housesitting Workaway in Costa Rica and it was amazing!!

Taking care of my body and mind is a top priority. Over the course of the last six years, I have been doing yoga three days a week and begun learning how to cook healthy meals. I especially enjoy the challenge of vegan cooking and trying recipes from around the world (I make mean Thai and Indian curries!) I would like to start meditating outside my yoga practice, keeping a gratitude journal, practicing loving-kindness with greater intention, and being more mindful about my use of technology for entertainment. I would love to be surrounded by people with similar interests who'd be willing to share their experience.

My primary Workaway goals are to challenge myself, learn some new skills, meet new people, and share in some wonderful new experiences with them. I'm also very eager to share my love of philosophy with anyone who is interested.

Interesses

Idiomas

Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Espanhol: Intermediário

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Tenho interesse em:  

Jardinagem

Projetos de construção/faça você mesmo

Fazer companhia para idosos

Manutenção geral

Projetos ambientais

Hotelaria/turismo

Projetos artísticos

Ensino

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Conhecimento de:  

Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

Vida na fazenda

Ajuda a cuidar da casa

Cuidar de animais

Trabalho beneficente

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Idiomas

Quais são suas habilidades?

General:

--Work ethic: I'm a hard worker who likes to take time to do things right.
--Communication skills: I consider open and honest communication a skill that is always in the process of acquisition.
--Organizational skills: I can manage my time well and pay attention to detail when cleaning or organizing things
(which is one of my favorite things to do!)
Critical Thinking skills: Being able to think critically is the source of my creativity, my problem solving skills, and my overall flourishing as a human being.
--Compassion: My favorite philosopher considers compassion the only morally valuable incentive because it is evidence of the truth that the individual is an illusion, that we are all one, and the suffering of another is your suffering as well.


Volunteer:

--Teacher's Assistant at Astor Head Start (Poughkeepsie, NY)
--Teacher's Assistant as Holy Trinity School (Poughkeepsie, NY)
--ESL Tutor for Adults at a language center (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
--ESL Teacher at a Montessori pre-school (Hanoi, Vietnam)

Work Experience:

--Philosophy Instructor
--Research Assistant at Georgia State University
--Online ESL teacher
--ESL high school teacher (in Thailand)
--Editorial intern for two publishing houses
--Camp counselor
--Hostess at a diner
--Babysitter

Idade

29

Algo mais...

I love to read poetry, fiction, and philosophy. My favorite contemporary fiction authors are Tom Robbins, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Jonot Diaz and my favorite classic is probably Atlas Shrugged. I've also been enjoying the poems of Rumi lately. In the past I've enjoyed reading social and political philosophy, namely feminist philosophy , but I would like to read more critical race theory. My current work centers on some feisty 19th century German philosophers, particularly a little known pessimist by the name of Schopenhauer and his far better known successor and overlooked optimist, Nietzsche.

Also, I love animals!

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  Carteira de motorista

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  Dietas especiais
  Vegetarian, but I am willing to be flexible for the duration of my stay! I don't want to be a burden and am appreciative of your willingness to let me into your life!