Originally from Toronto, Canada. During my undergrad in Ottawa, I lived in Ecuador for one year to research micro-credit cooperatives, and then to Rwanda in order to research small business cooperatives and community development programs.

Then I moved on to a short stint at University of Texas in Austin to study Non-Profit Management, from there moved to Southern India for training in Community Driven Development,

Then moved to my Dad's hometown of Taipei 4 years ago in search of my family roots, where I ended up teaching a bunch of English, opening a Smoothie Shop Chain (http://tw.woogojuice.com/), starting an Indi-Rock band and a Hip Hop group.

Now it's getting time to move on, and I'm currently projected to land in Melbourne, Australia.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

LOVE meeting folk who love meeting folk themselves. Exchanging ideas, cuisines, memories and new experiences with other's is a big part of what I live for. I also think it's a great community of welcoming people who are always looking to help another out, which sounds like a good community to me. : )

Interests

Making, Learning or Listening to new music, Cooking veggie food, Bernie Sanders is really rocking it right now, discussing which serial TV series I or You should catch up on, film-making and music production, social and international development policy discussions, meeting new people with challenging perspectives and wonderful smiles.

• culture
• human rights
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• shopping
• tv
• music
• guitar
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Let's leave this one empty.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Started a Smoothie Restaurant Chain in Taipei despite having terrible Chinese.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach some simple beginner guitar, fluent in US and Canadian pop culture, beginner Chinese.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Can clean, cook (vegetarian), help out with mostly anything deemed okay under the UN charter of human rights.

Countries I’ve Visited

Burundi, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Ecuador, India, Rwanda, Taiwan, United States