CURRENT MISSION

Getting my Masters in Public Policy.

ABOUT ME

I'm a writer, musician, and graphic designer.

I also love travel and gardening.

I call Charlottesville, VA home. I spent the last 6 1/2 years there serving as the Director of Communications for the student volunteer center at the University of Virginia.

I'm currently taking a creative year to work on artistic projects, including a book about hitchhiking.

I'm pretty laid back.

PHILOSOPHY

Significance comes from loving others.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My roommates and I hosted many times at my last house in Charlottesville. I surfed a bunch last summer. I just moved outside of town by 20-30 minutes would still love to host, but you'll need a car.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Some highlights:

- Backpacked across Mexico w/ Kaleb Matson
- Caught an underground rock concert in Atlanta w/ Frak
- Took Carey to a Charlottesville brewery & introduced her to my friends (now she lives here)
- Camped on Easter Island w/ Drew and Caroline Macomber
- Hiked Mill Mountain w/ Whitney Hubbard
- Planted onions w/ James Case
- Read One Fish, Two Fish to Liam w/ Matt and Rebecca Williams
- Kayaked w/ alligators and Talia Seider
- Hosted a house concert w/ Daniel McCord
- Watched Cosmos w/ Eric McAnly
- Rocked a Bastille Concert w/ Stephen Rutledge
- Hunted Morel Mushrooms w/ Danna Flowers
- Played Appalachian Dulcimer w/ John and Diana Krautter
- Gardened & split wood w/ Nick & Rachel Sarah at Downstream Project

兴趣

On most Mondays I can be found at The Local's Songwriter's Night. I love our local music scene, especially the community among our many talented songwriters. I enjoy the outdoors, reading, writing, and gardening.

• fish
• writing
• books
• design
• graphic design
• concerts
• gardening
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• communications
• public policy
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

音乐、电影和书籍

Some of my favorite movies:

In Pursuit of Happyness, Big Fish, The Prestige, Inception, Looper

Books:

The Unsettling of America & everything Wendell Berry

Music:

Glen Hansard, Iron and Wine, Gregory Alan Isakov, Tom Conlon

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

The summer before last I took my baby sisters on a trip across Ireland and Scotland. We visited the Skelligs – a surreal rocky outcrop off the coast of Ireland and got to witness the puffins breeding.

I once flew to Seattle from East Coast on a whim. Bought a motorcycle and spent the next four weeks driving it home.

My friend Ben and I backpacked through the Middle East from Istanbul to Cairo, crossing through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt.

教，学，和分享

Teach: Web Design, Gardening, Songwriting, Guitar...

Learn: Whatever is local!

我游览过的国家

Belize, Chile, Costa Rica, Egypt, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

United States

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