I love hearing about people's interpretations of their experiences and sharing my own. It's time for a change, so I'm up for trying new things and having different types of experiences.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love being fully engaged with the world, which happens when I'm out of my normal environment or introducing someone to situations outside of theirs. I'd like to revisit my backpacker roots and find some adventure, either at home or by traveling!

Interests

I'm fit and nerdy and so my interests combine the technical with the physical! There's nothing quite like trickswapping little nuances and fun combos whether it's belly dancing (cabaret, Egyptian, fusion), flow arts and fire spinning (poi, fans, triads, staff) or a gym workout. My husband and I go glamping at regional burns and he's been introducing me more to the outdoorsy lifestyles with his hobbies including mountain biking and climbing.

For work, I've been in startup for about 10 years at 7 fairly similar companies as a food scientist and project manager. We replace additives with improved engineering. If you want to talk shop, I'll tell you all about the food industry.

• chinese food
• yoga
• video games
• board games
• hiking
• food
• poi
• parkour
• dance
• startups
• bellydance
• hula
• fire spinning
• poi spinning
• food science
• flow arts
• costuming
• downtempo
• burns
• hot tub

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Black Mill, Shanghai Restoration Project, Emancipator, Fat Rat, General Fuzz, Thievery Corp, Chance's End, Fatboy Slim, Aerosmith, Beats Antique, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Monkees, Beatles, Broadway, Motown, loads of other styles too.

Movies: Beautiful Girls, Grosse Point Blank, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, Jurassic Park, Princess Bride,

Books: Born a Crime (Trevor Noah), Stiff, Memoirs of a Geisha, Freakonomics

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Moved to London, backpacked for 6 months and came back to the USA with more $ than I left with!
-Taught Dance on Royal Caribbean in exchange for super cheap cruises for 2
- Worked for 2 of my artist heroes and sponsored the 3rd one for workshops

Teach, Learn, Share

See the interests I listed above. I have taught belly dance, hula, flow arts, fire safety and ESL professionally! There's nothing as exciting as sharing skills and trickswapping!

What I Can Share with Hosts

-I can cook some traditional Chinese food, taco night or many things inbetween! AND clean the kitchen after
-I'm neat, don't take up much room and am pretty quiet.
-Teach/learn/share!!!
-I can also completely do my own thing. I'm very independent.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, England, United Kingdom, United States