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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
see the world, meet new people, make a difference
ABOUT ME
Current MBA/MPA student in business and international development
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Kazakhstan
Spent the majority of my career in the Former Soviet Union, and more recently East Africa.
PHILOSOPHY
openness to new things, cultural exchange, education, responsibility, compassion and wonder
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Hung out with a lot of Couchsurfers during my days living in Central Asia. What a wonderful bunch of people. Am planning on surfing in upcoming travels!
Interests
travel
basketball
singing
literature
cooking
- literature
- singing
- education
- cooking
- recipes
- wine
- cocktails
- shopping
- traveling
- cycling
- camping
- surfing
- scuba diving
- basketball
- rock climbing
- business
- teaching
- volunteering
- beaches
Music, Movies, and Books
Books: Nabokov, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Jostein Gaarder & "The Phantom Tollbooth" (should really put this book under "Personal Philosophy")
Movies: anything thought-provoking, foreign, beautiful or romantic. but also, cartoons/kid movies and superhero movies!
Music: almost everything, including rap and country ;)
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Giraffe kissing in Kenya, beach-bumming in Bulgaria, public diplomacy in Estonia, solo wandering in Venice, temple-hopping in Cambodia, firefly cruises in Thailand, mountain climbing in Kazakhstan, museum overdosing in St. Petersburg, bargain shopping in Beijing, glacial lake camping in Tajikistan, safaring in the Serengeti, bazaar meandering in Morocco, parasailing in Bali and Kyrgyzstan, cocktail sipping in Singapore, biking around central Turkey, shipwreck diving in the Philippines, salty lake-bobbing in Djibouti, hanging over a waterfall in Zambia...I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel and love to share stories with fellow adventurers!
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach: Russian phrases and Chinese cooking
Learn: good recipes and local haunts in other countries
Share: a game of pick-up bball, any day
What I Can Share with Hosts
Great conversations, a home-cooked Chinese meal and/or a bottle of wine!
Countries I’ve Visited
Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Finland, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam, Zambia
Countries I’ve Lived In
China, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tanzania, United States