CURRENT MISSION

To travel and be traveled upon

PHILOSOPHY

Hmm... it´s not often you get asked this outright, it´s a bit hard to express without resorting to cliches or cheesy lines...

I´m a pretty fortunate person, and during the ups and downs, I think it´s important to keep perspective. Being so fortunate comes with the obligation to do what you can to help those in the world who get structurally trampled upon, and to give them a voice in a world that doesn´t want to hear it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed in Morocco and South Africa, and have had met lots of people who have surfed on our friends' couches-- they made quite an impression and encouraged me to do it myself!

Interests

mountains, movies, trains, wine, homework, anthropology, good food, "TV naps", lentils, documentaries, snacking during roadtrips, small & soft animals, talking to strangers

• animals
• documentaries
• dining
• wine
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• anthropology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Middlesex, Song of Solomon, The Poisonwood Bible, Like Water for Chocolate, America: A Citizen's Guide to Democratic Inaction, God of Small Things

Music: Lauryn Hill, Fugees, Immortal Technique, India Arie, Beatles, Sublime, John Legend, Daddy Yankee, Enrique Igelsias, Juanes, Billy Joel, Common, anything played in a Cairo taxi with blacklights

Movies: Hotel Rwanda, La Mala Educación, Motorcycle Diaries, Nowhere in Africa, Angels in America, Traffic, Dick, American History X, The Sandlot, Love Actually, Slumdog Millionaire

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Pressure...

In college, I formed an organized which raised thousands of dollars for humanitarian aid to Darfur, Sudan.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Lesotho, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Spain, Thailand, United States