CURRENT MISSION

to be as considerate and kind to all people, lose all expectations and judgements, and relish the anticipation and joy that every day brings

ABOUT ME

I'm studying Human Ecology at College of the Atlantic in Maine. That being said- no potential employer, or you, for that matter, knows what the hell that means. Thankfully, (sarcastically) I have to write a long essay about it to graduate, but in the mean time I break it down into: environmental science, art and human studies. I'm more on the art/human studies side, even though at one point I thought I was going to be a peruvian geologist. Photojournalism is my drive. I want to work in the human rights sector, but who knows which part. I've been mostly thinking about people who have been ousted by society for the most part- the homeless, the ex-inmates and religions that are unaccepted (not just muslim, jahovah's witnesses fall into that category). I'm very accepting and open-minded, sometimes to a fault!

PHILOSOPHY

I think a lot about structuralism, connectivity and mental health/well being of a community- from my family, to the connection between strangers on a day to day basis.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have no couchsurfing experience but I am in love with the concept.

Interests

Skiing, rowing, sailing, photography, journalism

• arts
• singing
• photography
• human rights
• music
• sailing
• skiing
• rowing
• ecology
• geology
• journalism
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

The Clock, Her, Pierrot le Fou, Betty Blue, City of God, Crash, the always popular Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Science of Sleep, The Seventh Continent, Closer, Chicken with Plums, American Beauty, But I'm a Cheerleader, Virgin Suicides

The Roots, Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Young, XX, Crystal Castles, Flume, Mazzy Star, Citizen Cope, Sufjan Stevens, Disclosure, Lykke Li, James Blake, Coldplay, Todd Terje, Major Lazer, David Byrne/Bowie, Gorillaz, Edward Sharpe, Moby, Groove Armada, Hall n Oats, Mason Jennings, Royksopp, The Smiths, Wax Tailor, A Tribe Called Quest, Aluna George, Cake, Digable Planets, Fleet Foxes, Empire of the Sun, Lana del Rey, The Fugees, Jurassic 5, Phantogram, Miles Davis

Malcolm Gladwell, Barbara Kingsolver, Daniel Quinn, Wendell Berry, Annie Dillard, Keith Basso, James Howard Kunstler, Bell Hooks, Anne Clifford, Gregory Boyle

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Angkor Watt, Cambodia was jaw dropping.

Teach, Learn, Share

Things I'm really good at: empathy, organization, numbers, getting lost, analyzing film, photography (or at least I hope), sticking to the truth no matter what, singing/mocking british girl music, smoke rings