Ever since I was a child growing up, I have been addicted to reading and exploring new, unimaginable worlds through reading. As I got older I realized that I didn't need to read to experience the feeling of wonder, since traveling gives you that feeling every day. I am a lover of languages, exploration, meaningful conversations and learning.

I am an undergraduate at Minerva Schools at KGI, an innovative university that seeks to reinvent higher education to focus on meaningful, experiential learning. I recently moved to San Francisco from New York for my first year of college, but during the course of my undergraduate career I will travel to Seoul, Hyderabad, Berlin, Buenos Aires and London with the rest of my class. I do creative writing about student experience for my university.

I'm the kind of person who alternates between silly jokes and the deepest conversations at any given moment. I lose myself in dancing, and make other people want to lose their eyes. (The joke is that I suck at dancing.) I love being by the water or on the water more than anything else in the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to become friends with people who are as broad-minded and globally-minded as I am. I would love to exchange thoughts, stories and perspectives on culture, language, sociology, etc.

Interests

• arts
• writing
• design
• street art
• classical music
• hip-hop music
• science
• kpop

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Frank Ocean, Beyonce, Childish Gambino, Fall Out Boy, Justin Timberlake, Big Bang, Debussy, Beethoven, Sibelius
Movies: Kill Bill, Mr. Nobody, Snowpiercer, Undertow (Contracorriente), Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, The Pianist, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Happy
Books: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Book Thief, The Bell Jar, Catcher in the Rye, the Graceling Series by Kristin Cashore

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have terrible eyesight and astigmatism, but I buzz my own hair every month without glasses on. I haven't lost an ear yet, so that's pretty amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach: writing, simple graphic design (posters, flyers, resumes, etc), crocheting,
I am learning: Korean, hip hop dance
I can share: music (piano), perfect pitch, animal noise imitation
I have stories about: social justice organizing, classical music training, traditional vs. higher education, elite education, language learning

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, France, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States