I'm finishing my undergraduate degree at UW-Madison this December (2017), and following that, will be traveling quite a few places between January and June of 2018: Asheville, New Orleans, Austin, Honolulu, Nashville, Boston, and Manila.

I'm from the DC area (301!!!) and travel back there relatively often.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm hoping to meet new people through hosting in the next few months, and perhaps I will look for hosts elsewhere at some point on my upcoming travels.

Interests

• cooking
• music
• jazz
• languages
• travel
• linguistics
• funk
• radio
• soul
• urban planning

Teach, Learn, Share

Taga-Estados Unidos ako, pero ang pamilya ng lola ko ay taga-Pilipinas. Tapos, nang batang estudiyante ako dito sa Unibersidad ng Wisconsin-Madison, kailangan kong nag-aral ng iba'it-ibang wika. Noong panahon na pumili ako ng isang wika na mag-aral ako, bumisita rin ako sa Pilipinas. Unang bisita ko ito. Nag-isip ako, "wow, ang galing ng wikang Filipino!" May pamilya ako sa Visayas, at nag-uusap sila ng Hiligaynon. Pero sa eskuwelahan ko, may Tagalog lang. Tapos, nag-aral Tagalog ako kasi. Ayos lang ang "comfort" ko sa wikang Tagalog, at saka rinirely ko ang "Taglish" araw-araw. Pero, gusto na gusto ko ng wikang Tagalog at lahat ng taong Pilipinx, at kung taga-Pilipinas ka, mabuhay na mabuhay ka dito sa apartment ko.

I'm from the US but my lola's (grandma's) family is from the Philippines. So when I was a younger student at UW-Madison, I had to choose a foreign language to take.... at the same time that I was making this choice, I traveled to the Philippines for the first time. I was struck by the beauty of the many languages I was fortunate to hear spoken. My Visayan family speaks Hiligaynon, but I opted to take the one Philippine language offered at UW-Madison when I returned, Tagalog. My Tagalog is only okay, but I love speaking and practicing. If you're from the Philippines, you're always welcome here.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Japan, Netherlands, Philippines, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States