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I work at a boutique travel agency in Boston, taking care of all of the trips to South America. I will plan your vacation with style! Before that I was a bilingual editor/translator at a publishing company owned by a horrible Communist boss.

Traveling is my passion, and I have been to Spain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Switzerland, and Morocco. I am going back to Brazil this summer :)

I also love cooking, and am always eager to try out new recipes. The only foods I really dislike are celery and honeydew melon. Yuck.

My dream job is to eventually work for either a travel or fashion magazine, either as a writer or photographer.

I speak Spanish and Portuguese :)

Things I love: * pink * bunnies * Badtz Maru * stationary * afternoon coffee in Spain * everything about Brazil * Real Simple magazine * vintage jewelry * Islamic art * shopping * Pingu * making people smile * stuffed animals * Sonic the hedgehog * Chocolate chip cookies * dangly earrings * Totoro

In terms of swaps, I'm easy to please, as long as you care about what you're sending. As long as I don't get anything excessively cheap and cheesy, I'll be happy.

Ferris Buller's Day Off, 10 Things I Hate About You, My Neighbor Totoro

Gossip Girl, Project Runway, cooking shows, Sex and the City, America's Next Top Model

Paramore, Shakira, Say Anything, Ivete Sangalo, Nirvana, Nelly Furtado, Alejandro Sanz, El Sueno de Morfeo

• licorice
• incense
• watermelon or grape flavored candy
• tea

If you have access to any of the following things and feel it in your heart to maybe, you know, include one in a swap...I would probably love you forever.

• Turma da Monica comic books from Brazil
• Principe Estrella cookies