CURRENT MISSION

to experience a champagne life on a lemonade budget :)

ABOUT ME

When I was in grade school I wanted to be a botanist, assuming it involved running off to Costa Rica to spend my days collecting orchids in the rain forest. In high school I figured out how much lab time indoors this would actually entail and abandoned the pursuit. I ended up with a degree in environmental engineering and have worked on water quality and renewable energy projects in North Carolina, Honduras, New Zealand and now currently in New England. I tend to like making last minute decisions. Spontaneous adventures turn into some of the best memories :)

Because enough people have asked Asya pronounced like it has an ee in the middle (Aseeya.) Otherwise the slightly longer Anastasia works just fine.

PHILOSOPHY

'Why stop dreaming?' - Les Poupées Russes

Interests

open-source engineering, clean water, alternative energy, meeting new people, planning adventures, road trips, running, hiking, camping, espresso, spending as much time outside as possible, dancing long enough to see the sun rise

• dancing
• running
• hiking
• camping
• engineering
• road trips
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Tintin, Swallows and Amazons, Calvin & Hobbes, My Side of the Mountain, Shantaram, In the Time of Butterflies

Music: I grew up on 70's classic rock, danced my way through college with house music and will always have a soft spot in my heart for really bad russian pop.

Movies: City of God, Burnt By the Sun, Princess Mononoke, l'auberge espagnole, Russian Dolls, James Bond, Indiana Jones, Bpat II

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

driving 4,000 miles through the rocky mountains to go hiking through as many national parks as possible in three weeks right after graduation.... and watching the sun rise on top of Mt. Sinai.

Teach, Learn, Share

Sharing ideas of how to see as much of the world as possible while paying off student loans. Also trying to pick up a little spanish for this summer :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, France, Greece, Honduras, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States

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