Born in New Hampshire, USA in 1987. My mother a half-Norwegian, half-English science teacher. Her father a rugged outdoorsman. My father a northern European nuclear engineer from the navy. His mother a poet and children's book author. At a young age, I was insatiably curious and a quick learner. I had to keep up with my older brother of two years. I was raised Pentecostal /Protestant in Maryland and then Connecticut. When I was in high school, my younger brother was born with cerebral palsy and muscle dystonia. These disabilities prevented him from walking or holding complex conversations.

I studied business at the University of Connecticut on scholarship. I took a detour for a semester to study healing and prophecy at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. I returned to college and did a study abroad program called Semester at Sea. In 2008, I got my first taste of travel, circumnavigating the globe by cruise ship via 13 countries. I graduated Magna Cum Laude in Management Information Systems with a 3.9 GPA.

After trying to find work in silicon valley California during the 'great recession' I ended up at a web development internship in Boston. This led to my career in digital advertising, search engine marketing, SEO, AdWords. The share house I lived in hosted couchsurfers, which was my first exposure to this community. I came out as gay. Moved to Manly Beach, Sydney Australia in 2011 to be in a warm beach city. Fell in love. continued to travel to South America, Europe, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. I worked at various technology startups. One IPO'd on the Australian Stock Exchange. Then I took a corporate job at an Australian company that then got bought by an American company. Began weightlifting. Went to Burning Man and now go every year. Took a couple vipassana meditation classes. Learned to electric unicycle. Got a moldavite necklace. Found out I'm a Taurus with a lot of Gemini. Started doing acrylic pouring. Became an Australian citizen in 2018.

I recently began traveling solo. I burnt out backpacking and am now in New Orleans for the rest of 2019. I hope to start a digital nomad / location independent business around wellness and longevity. Message me if any of this resonates.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's not where you go, it's who you're with.

Interests

• animals
• wildlife
• arts
• photography
• burningman
• festivals
• vegetarian
• meditation
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• beaches
• lgbt
• freediving
• ocean
• gym
• museums
• dreaming
• love
• acroyoga
• vipassana
• weightlifting
• halloween
• sunrise
• trampoline
• longevity
• seo
• wire wrapping
• health and fitness
• acrylic painting
• electric unicycle

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Books:
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel
- How To Not Die by Dr. Michael Greger
- I Am That by Sri N. Majaraj
- The Gene Keys by Richard Rudd

Favorite Movies:
- Into The Woods
- Star Wars
- The Matrix
- Jurassic Park
- Home Alone 2 Lost in New York
- Frozen

Favorite TV Shows:
- Game of Thrones
- Stranger Things
- Scream Queens
- LOST
- Heroes

Favorite Places:
- Disney World
- Thailand
- Manly Beach Australia
- Hawaii
- On Cruise Ships

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the Inca Trail, that was fun.
Skydiving the Franz Josef glacier in NZ was incredible.
I've done 3 Burning Man's in a row 🔥

I got over 100,000 views on Youtube once.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, England, Fiji, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States