CURRENT MISSION

live in simple beauty

ABOUT ME

Raised in Eugene, OR.

I studied abroad in El Salvador and then studied Peace and Conflict Resolution in the Balkans. I graduated from Santa Clara University and then I took a vow (more or less ) to live simply, explore my spirituality, live in community with six others, and work for social justice for a year. I worked out of a trailer, with five radical Catholic nuns, providing emergency services for the homeless and low income in the city. Every week in New Orleans was an adventure. Truly.

In 2008, I traveled through parts of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, South Africa, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and the West Bank, Turkey, India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and the Philippines with one of my closest friends. Here is our blog: www.tessalisa.blogspot.com

I am now working with the hospital in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Working to help uninsured patients gain access to state and federal programs that could assist them. The works seems to be quite engaging.

As for life aspirations, I really hope to meet a beekeeper (and learn the tricks of the trade), become an awe-inspiring magician, perfect my bhangra dancing skills, learn to ride a unicycle, fry an egg on a rock and then savor each bite, go snow camping, and be able to suck a noodle up my nose and then bring it down and out through my mouth..

I like spontaneity and am definitely up to go on an adventure with just a moments warning (or host a couchsurfer with 30 seconds advance notice)....

PHILOSOPHY

peace. love. respect. for everyone.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Every and all ways...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

met people and they have come to stay with me....lived in an open volunteer community where we had tons of couch surfers

stayed with many couchsurfers on my travels...

Interests

magic. traveling. ceramics. dance. trees. color. fire dancing. chocolate. wine. beer. camping. waterfalls. breathtaking moments. bubbles. mangoes. costumes.

• coloring
• beauty
• dancing
• chocolate
• wine
• beer
• traveling
• pottery
• blogging
• magic
• camping
• emergency services
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

a fine balance. zeitoun. the poisonwood bible. thousand splendid suns. heckedy peg.
kermit ruffins and the bbq swingers. trombone shorty
milk. doubt. dead man walking.
the west wing.

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach anyone how to levitate a grape and (anyone with long hair) an absolutely mind-blowing magic trick with your hair

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Israel, Philippines, Swaziland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

El Salvador, United States