Hi! I am a burgeoning writer from Colorado currently slumming it across Asia. Back in the states I worked as an emergency medical technician, and later as a coach and mentor to low-income kids. I studied English at Northwestern University, and Arabic in Rabat and Tangier.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am in Asia to teach English and work on my graduate school application. I heard about Couchsurfing through friends and it seems like a great way to meet people as I travel around.

Interests

• writing
• tattoos
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• reading
• hiking
• techno
• muay thai
• museums

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Frank Ocean, Britney Spears, The Strokes, Depeche Mode, Nelly, Bad Bunny, M83, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Portishead, Charli xcx, Mazzy Star, LCD Soundystem, Azealia Banks, Linkin Park, ya I’m all over the place hahaha

Movies: The Princess Bride, La Haine, Little Miss Sunshine, No Country for Old Men, A Streetcar Named Desire, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Piano Teacher, Your Name, and literally any horror movie

Books: The Count of Monte Cristo, Beloved, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Brave New World, Down These Mean Streets, Mountains Beyond Mountains, American Pastoral, Lolita (and all things Nabokov), anything by Dostoevsky, Midnight’s Children, White Noise, The Idiot

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There are 58 mountains in Colorado over 14,000 feet tall and I’ve summited 14 of them!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach me your language and I’ll teach you mine! I’m always down to sharpen my cooking knife. I really want to learn how to sew, garden, and how to fix cars/motorcycles.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cleaning, cooking, laundry, hard physical labor, whatever you need!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Cambodia, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Morocco, United States