Cornell University student. English major. NYC. Freelance writer. Advertising intern.

I like to write. I like to read. I like to walk around aimlessly and explore until my feet hurt.

Also in Chicago this summer. Desperately needing place July 30-August 12!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This is my first time on couchsurfing. In the past, I've had really wonderful experiences on similar platforms (workaway, for example). I am an enormous advocate of immersive traveling. I (perhaps ignorantly) consider myself a global citizen. To be a global citizen is to be a perennial student of that which is different from you.

This is why I am on couchsurfing. To learn, to engage, to remedy prejudices and xenophobias, to enjoy life and to never forget that this is water.

I have turned to couchsurfing now, summer of 2017, for a rather specific reason though. I have an apartment in Chicago for the summer but the lease runs out on July 31st and I work until August 11th! Kinda an issue, right?

As such, I am in dire need of housing from August 1st to the 12th! However, I am in even more dire need of adventure. That is a perennial need, and one I am hoping to fulfill for the last two weeks of my stint in the Windy City.

Music, Movies, and Books

Album: To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

Movie: Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen

Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I covered the July 2016 failed coup in Turkey for a magazine - what an experience!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Poems!

Also, I can cook. Would gladly cook dinner almost every night.

Lastly, I'll be driving back east on August 12th. You're more than welcome to come along!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Uruguay