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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
adventure. Currently serving with AmeriCorps in Colorado.
ABOUT ME
I love meeting new people and traveling. After graduating university I took the Amtrak from Atlanta to Eugene, OR and worked on a farm through WWOOF-USA. I want to see the world and to learn and share from others.
PHILOSOPHY
Eat anything as long as it's cooked by you.
Make eye contact with and smile at strangers.
Leave the device turned off when with friends/family especially at mealtime.
If you don't trust people, who will?
The Dalai Lama's Instructions for Life
"A good traveler has no plan and is not intent on arriving"-Lao Tzu
The key to world peace is world travel
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Love to host! And surf. I love meeting new people.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Hosted a nice musician from New Zealand named Tristan back in May 2015. He was a pleasure!
My surfing experiences in Chile have been great! Surfed with Nacha in Valparaiso! She was a blast! Surfed in San Pedro with Felipe & La Serena with Mauricio and in Chiloe with Mino.
Interests
Photography, farming (urban, farm to school, school gardens), documentaries, poetry, concerts, folk/bluegrass/indie music, festivals, urban planning, healthy eating, street art, traveling, outdoors, hiking, yoga, picnics, and potlucks
Music, Movies, and Books
Music:
Cotton Jones, Great Lake Swimmers, The Staves, Florist, Matt Pond PA, Band of Horses, Guster, Ben Kweller, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac, Blind Pilot, Blitzen Trapper, Bob Dylan, The Wild Reeds, Mountain Man, Sylvan Esso, Lord Huron, Alexi Murdoch, The Xx, The Head and the Heart, Mazzy Star, Chelsea Wolfe, Bootstraps, PHOX, Bon Iver, Radical Face, Jose Gonzalez, Explosions in the Sky, Daughter, Julien Baker, M83, Iron & Wine, Gregory Alan Isakov, Jesse Woods...
Movies:
180 Degrees South, Jumbo Wild, Away We Go, Frances Ha, Ladybird, Forks Over Knives, Food Inc., Benny & Joon, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Take Me Home
Books:
The Catcher in the Rye, The Namesake, My Year of Meats, A Tale for the Time Being, In Defense of Food, On Photography, First Bite, Food Politics, The Handmaid's Tale, White Noise, The Bell Jar, Wild, Omnivore's Dilemma, The Glass Castle, Desert Solitaire, Dignity, Vagabonding by Rolf Potts (strongly recommend the read for travelers)
Currently reading books on nonviolent communication and restorative justice :)
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Yosemite National Park
study abroad in Chile
Torres del Paine
Moved to Oregon, farming
Currently living in beautiful Crestone, CO near the Great Sand Dunes National Park
Teach, Learn, Share
I am mostly vegetarian but eat local meat and food
That’s prepared for me
Love to cook and share recipes
I love photography
What I Can Share with Hosts
a homemade vegan meal & raw dessert
conversation
Countries I’ve Visited
Australia, France, Germany
Countries I’ve Lived In
Chile, United States