CURRENT MISSION
To live mindfully and vulnerably, learning to love and live well.

ABOUT ME
My first time using Couchsurfing as a guest was during a five week backpacking journey with my sister through European cities as I read Tolstoi's "War and Peace." I made many new friends and discovered a new favorite book.

Currently, my biggest adventure is planning a wedding and living life with my partner and best friend, Michael.

PHILOSOPHY
I strive to live a whole life. For me, that means living a life that includes happiness, but it also means allowing myself to experience a full spectrum of emotions beyond that - both positive and negative. I take joy in the times when I can cry on the shoulder of a good friend for more than the reason that it offers a good contrast to the good times. I want all the times.

I believe in love and the goodness of people. My perfect world is a world in which people can have honest conversations about the brokenness they experience without feeling ashamed or afraid. Through the love of other people, we catch glimpses of ourselves. I live mindfully and invest in the relationships of my friends and the people that enter my small slice of the world. I think the most accessible change and the most potent good is communicated through individual gestures of love. I live my life in a pursuit of those instances of good and healing.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted surfers at my apartment when I lived in Annapolis, and although I don't currently have an available couch in Baltimore, I'd be happy to show people around the city and chat! Even when I don't have couch requests, I like to believe that I'm participating in the mentality and global community fostered by this project.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed in 8 wonderful homes throughout Europe as I traveled with only a backpack filled with essentials and a twin sister. I also enjoy hosting in the US when my couch is available!

Interessen

I grew up landlocked but love to swim. I swam competitively for several years before I ever saw the ocean, so now that I'm living in a coastal state, I hope to swim my first open water event soon!

I enjoy all kinds of dancing from bopping to Gaga to waltzing. I especially like east coast swing for its tricks and blues dancing for its musicality.

When I'm not indulging a sense of adventure, my introverted soul takes solace in the comfort of my well-decorated home. I love crafting and up-cycling, creating a space that facilitates an intimate community. I love to entertain, eating and drinking with people who love dessert.

I enjoy watching Mad Men. They're doing something right.

I like acting and singing. Both are such powerful emotional releases, and it feels so good to create something beautiful with other people.

• arts
• books
• singing
• acting
• dancing
• drinking
• investing
• blues
• cycling
• backpacking
• swimming
• history

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Music: Lady Gaga, Tallest Man on Earth (especially when I play him too slow on the record player and make his voice extra deep), James Vincent McMorrow, Grimes, 3oh!3, Eminem, and many more.
Movies: I really love The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Disney's animated The Hunchback of Notre Dame is surprisingly good. I recently revisited it, and the score is based off of Mozart's Requiem!
Books: all of them.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I want to learn how to walk through a museum slowly. I didn't grow up with a lot of museum visits and don't know how to gaze at art or history for a long time - or how to gaze at all. I would love to walk together with someone, borrowing their sight, to learn appreciation.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

United States