Hi! I love food, cats, music, languages, writing, and travel.

Please see my public trips for my upcoming travel plans to Japan. If you are around, let's hang out!!

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I've lived in New York City since I was four. Brooklyn, to be exact, but I went to high school across the street from Juilliard and university in Queens so I've been all over the place. :)

I specialized in vocal music at a performing arts high school and I even learned Violin when I was even younger than that... I am extremely rusty though and too embarrassed to try to play that. Recently taught myself a little guitar, just enough to accompany myself when I feel like singing alone in my room. I love going to karaoke.

I am actually a linguist now, and I'm still studying languages. I've studied Japanese, German, Latin, French... independently learning Portuguese and starting to work on Mandarin. I can understand a lot of Spanish although I never actually studied it. (Can't really speak it though.)

I have a minor degree in Japanese Language studies. Studied that for eight years in school, but then took a long break... back into it now though and trying to remember as much as I can and use it!! Visited Japan for a month in 2018 on a solo trip and traveled around the country and made friends. Amazing experience.

The lgbtq+ community is very important to me. I'm a lgbtq+ equal rights advocate.

I love nature and want to travel to see all the beautiful places in the world!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people during solo travels. :)

Interests

I think I wrote enough about this in my about section! To recap:

I love food, cats, music, languages, writing, and travel.
I love musical instruments and going to concerts. (I do go to a lot of classical concerts. I also sing in them sometimes!)
I love drag queens and going to drag shows.
Also Karaoke.
And baking.
And figure skating! I love watching competitions.
I love travel!!

Sometimes I like Japanese anime??? It's been a long time since I've watched anything new though! (Not enough time so I'm pretty picky with what I do watch nowadays.)

• animals
• cats
• arts
• writing
• singing
• concerts
• dining
• boating
• movies
• tv
• music
• violin
• karaoke
• hiking
• swimming
• bowling
• languages
• nature
• nature walks

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to anything from Classical to J-Pop to Rock to Jazz to Broadway showtunes and more. Really depends on my mood.

I'm currently reading Gerald Durrell.

My current favourite movie is Coco.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I embarked on a month-long solo travel journey through Japan and it was amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Sing together, language exchange, we can bake sweets together... Let's find common ground.

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you ask in advance I can bring something from New York or maybe some Russian candy (since I have a lot of those stores around here).

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Israel, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, United States