Founder/CEO of Thought Collective, an ethical fashion company offering training classes and employment to women in Tanzania.

Social Worker and current full-time online grad student on the road ⛺️🚌

From Los Angeles, CA, living in Austin, TX and Arusha, Tanzania, currently traveling in a van all over the US with my girlfriend.

Travel and adventure junkie, total activist and liberal, outgoing as all hell, spontaneous discussion over a warm fire and good beer. Super easy going, the biggest goof ball, adaptable and approachable.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Van life can be lonely, it’s nice to meet people along the way to make the journey feel more “at home.” Also, you know, the van. Needs a solid driveway to park in every so often.

Interests

Travel, Reading, Designing, Sewing, Activism, Law, People, Hiking, Biology, Vegetarian food, Craft beer, making pals.

• design
• fashion
• dining
• beer
• vegetarian
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• bungee jumping
• biology
• science
• national parks
• thai food
• buffalo wings

Music, Movies, and Books

Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Katie Costello, Bon Iver, Jake Bugg, Jose Gonzalez, Seth Avett, etc.

In America, Little Miss Sunshine, Short Term 12. Anything that will make me cry hysterically or laugh uncontrollably.

Charles Bukowski, Stephen Hawking, Dave Eggers. Every MSW textbook known to man. You get it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bungee jump over the Nile River.

Teach, Learn, Share

I’ve traveled quite a bit, around the US and the Globe. I have some good advice when it comes to traveling on a budget, anything social work/foster care related, anything entrepreneurial/NGO related. Let’s talk. 🙂

What I Can Share with Hosts

All the stories, all the laughs, all the love. 🙂🙃

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United States