ABOUT ME

i spent my younger school days suffocated by a claustrophic, homogenous and stagnant educational environment, until i was liberated at age 11 by enrolling in a progressive, loving, and (for lack of a better word) hippie middle school. four times a year, we left the classrooms and biked around the country with our friends and teachers. we called it the biking-est school in america. this was not a purely academic education... instead, the school taught me to be open to learning in any capacity... through books, through the people i meet, through the places i see, through the cultures that i experience, through the happiest moments, through the toughest; through humor, through pain, through love, through respect and gratitude, through the outdoors and nature, through the most complex relationships in my life and through the most simple yet beautiful things that i encounter every day. i learned how to be receptive to the world that im a part of, receptive to all the stimulants around me, to the people, places, and things that i have contact with. my friends from that school are still my very best friends today, because we have shared the most formative years of our lives together, learning how to see the world in all its beauty and how to share this with the people we love.

i have been a dancer my whole life and i love surrounding myself with creative people and creative energy. most of my friends are artists in some way or another. i studied art history and spanish at university, but i never knew what i wanted to do with my degree. i woke up one day in the middle of my last year of studies and realized i wanted to become a film editor (that sounds really random but it was always a hobby of mine). i spent the year after college living in barcelona, taking post production classes and working. and now i'm in LA working in post production, with a bit less time to travel than i'd like!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i've found many of my own values echoed within the couchsurfing philosophy, and i am so excited to help this community continue to grow by spreading the word to similar minded people.

just a note - if you'd like to meet for a drink or couchsurf with me, i'd love to know a little about you as well as why you've chosen to write me in particular! i get a lot of messages and the ones that seem personal really stand out and make me smile... i hope that makes sense!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i couchsurfed for the first few times while traveling through europe in the summer of 2007, but i was only able to host a few people in spain due to my shared apartment. i've had some great experiences and made lasting friendships simply meeting people for lunch!

Interests

dance, travel, cooking, music, art, graphic design, nature, friends, film, editing, bodies of water, scuba, camping, good food, sleep, photography (lomography!), beer, spain, california, being able to see the stars at night

• arts
• books
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• education
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• camping
• scuba diving
• art history
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: harold and maude, todo sobre mi madre, annie hall, l'auberge espagnole, elizabeth, baraka, amadeus, apocalypse now, blow up, city of god, the last picture show, batman begins, c.r.a.z.y, el otro lado de la cama, paris texas, blow, natural born killers, shawshank redemption, usual suspects, gladiator, the life aquatic, the royal tenenbaums, labyrinth, waiting for guffman (+ all other christopher guest movies), a bug's life, ratatouille, the land before time, french kiss, indiana jones trilogy, back to the future trilogy

MUSIC: amadou & mariam, animal collective, antony & the johnsons, arcade fire, architecture in helsinki, band of horses, bat for lashes, beirut, blockhead, booka shade, bonde do role, caetano veloso, cat stevens, chambao, chromeo, crystal castles, css, cursive, cut copy, digitalism, the dø, does it offend you yeah, electrelane, erlend øye, esthero, evan hughes, feist, fiona apple, girl talk, hercules & love affair, hot chip, idan raichel, infected mushroom, jamie t, joanna newsom, jon brion, jose gonzalez, junior boys, junip, justice, kings of convenience, the knife, lcd soundsystem, lykke li, mark kozelek, mark knopfler, mgmt, modest mouse, mstrkrft, my brightest diamond, nina simone, patty griffin, pantha du prince, phoenix, plastic operator, portishead, ratatat, regina spektor, rjd2, röyksopp, russian red, sade, she & him, simian mobile disco, sublime, sufjan stevens, tv on the radio, ugly cassanova, whitest boy alive, yeasayer, yelle

BOOKS: the power of one, máscaras, invisible cities, harry potter

TV SHOWS: arrested development, 30 rock, weeds, mad men, the office (bbc)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-saw a royal cremation in bali
-biked across austria, france, and the american southwest
-spent my 13th birthday jumping with the masai in kenya

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: i can dance, i can speak spanish (and english of course), i know a bit about fine art, i'm good with computers, i'm a fast tent-pitcher

learn: i want to learn how to play the banjo and i'd like to learn more about photography and graphic design

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Anguilla, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Spain, United States

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