CURRENT MISSION

Save up for Australia

ABOUT ME

Can still be found creeping around coffee shops with a new book in hand, or walking around with a shit-eating grin on my face.

Interests

Photography, writing, trying anything unique to the country I'm visiting, international development, non-profit work, learning new languages, foreign films, getting the 'local experience', exploring religious sites (temples, mosques, cathedrals, etc.), academia, veganism (though I am not vegan myself), socialism, freeganism, feminism, -isms in general

• arts
• writing
• books
• photography
• womens rights
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• vegan
• walking
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• hiking
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Throw a movie up on a projector and I'm usually happy

Writers I like: Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Diaz, Nicole Krauss, Rita Golden Gelman, and many others.

I'm always looking for new suggestions!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Working with high school students and watching them grow and explore the world
- Hiking in the Taebaek Mountains
- Watching a lightning storm over Cusco
- Hearing the Call to Prayer in Istanbul
- Sharing drinks and laughs with people whose language I don't speak
- Seeing modern, religious art in Tsarevets Fortress
- Hiking Salkantay trail
- Living with the Maasai tribe
- Being a part of experiential art in the Tate Modern
- Traveling around and finding that we are all the same

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help with: Writing, cooking, baking, English tutoring, and assessing student outcomes in international programming (if that's your cup of tea).

I'd like to learn: Art and language, language and art

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Peru, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand, United States

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