I’m a recent graduate from Columbia University in the City of NYC. I studied information sciences and German literature and cultural history, and I worked part time as a research assistant for professors in fields varying from folklore research to medical anthropology. I love getting to know more about a place and it’s people - and I usually find a certain beauty in what most would call the domestic and mundane. I’m from a large family, so I’m used to cooking and cleaning for myself- and enjoy preparing a nice dinner with company.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to spend more time getting to know more people and building more relationships and seeing more of the world and to get a glimpse on what it may look like from another person’s perspective.

Interests

I’m pretty open and typically a very curious person.

• arts
• writing
• folklore
• modern art
• photography
• dancing
• running
• gardening
• hiking
• history
• philosophy
• german language
• photoshop
• german literature

Music, Movies, and Books

Writers: Walter Benjamin, Franz Kafka, Toni Morrison, Montaigne, Elizabeth Bishop

Music: Joanna Newsom, Kate Bush, The Brothers Briggs, Hildegard Knef, Diane Cluck

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Interned in the German Parliament as an American Exchange Student

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Computers and Software, Modern German Literature and Continental Philosophy, DSLR Photography

Learn: Painting/Fine Art/Sculpting,

Share: Cooking

What I Can Share with Hosts

Skills and equipment: I spent part of university working as a part-time professional photographer and have professional equipment.

Cooking: I grew up in a mixed family from southern CA, so I have some familiarity with bit of Mexican and Puerto Rican cuisine - although I cannot make tortillas according to my tía

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Netherlands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, United States