CURRENT MISSION

Frantic planning!

ABOUT ME

I am a student at Columbia University studying Sustainable Development. I grew up, and when not at school still live, in the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains in California.

I am progressive and have been fairly involved in the American political process. I campaigned for Obama in 2008 and produced several political films during that election cycle.

In high school I founded Infallibull Productions (Infallibull.com) a film group that focused on comedy but also produced short-form documentaries and advertisements. We got advertisements purchased by both Sony and Mountain Dew! *Warning* a lot of the stuff on the site is now very old, from when I was as young as 15.

Currently I am the Executive Director of Textbooks4change.com which hopes to give students the tools to help repeal the gay marriage ban in California.

I love to learn. I love to laugh. I love to explore.

PHILOSOPHY

Live each day as if it were your first.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now I am excited to explore Europe this summer in a way that will allow me to experience and learn from people while sharing what I have to give. Currently I cannot host people myself, but as soon as I can I will.

Interests

Sustainable Development, politics, composing music, economics, philosophy and humor.

• documentaries
• politics
• movies
• music
• cycling
• economics
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

(in no particular order)

Music: The Beatles, Beethoven, Mozart, Gotan Project, David Guetta, Chopin, Muse, Elton John, Louis Armstrong, Pink Floyd, Ray Charles, Rodrigo Y Gabriela.

Movies: American Beauty, The Usual Suspects, Trading Places, Amelie, The Godfather, Goodfellows, The Producers (the first one), Sicko, Young Frankenstein, Stardust, The Matrix, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Books: Crime and Punishment, The Iliad, Plato's Republic, Montaigne's Essays, Oliver Twist, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Herodotus Histories, A World Without Povery by Muhammad Yunus, 1984.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Israel, Italy, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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