Hi!
I'm a native of Long Island, NY and I just finished my last year of college in CT. I got a double degree in biomedical engineering and African studies, with the end goal of helping to develop new medical tech to expand affordable healthcare into medically underserved parts of the world, and now I'm working for a year in community-level development in rural Kenya as a Princeton in Africa fellow.
I've always loved to travel, and I've been fortunate enough to work on health and engineering projects on three continents, and to have had awesome adventures on five. As I work on figuring my way into the next stage of my life, I'm looking to find awe in the big and little things, every step of the way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I recently had a really great experience thanks to a friend who used this app, so I'm excited to try it myself.
Plus I'm broke and eager to meet you!

Interests

I'm really passionate about global health and development, but beyond that I'm just generally a lifelong learner who wants to know more about the world. And the best way to do that is by getting to know other places and people!

• cooking
• video games
• drawing
• hiking
• rock climbing
• animation
• engineering
• horror movies
• maps

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: B (and C and D...) tier horror movies, bad Nollywood films, Tarantino, Studio Ghibli, anything too artsy for its own good

Music: indie, electronic, Broadway; I'm always looking for an education in new sounds, and I'm pretty open!

Books: Any African lit, Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Clarice Lispector, T. S. Eliot, and anything with roadtrips or werewolves

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Woke up before my alarm

Teach, Learn, Share

Until Ibn al-Shatir constructed a sundial for the minaret of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus in 1371, an hour was not set at 60 minutes long: it was about 75 minutes long in the summer and 44 in the winter, and varied to keep up with changing patterns of available daytime.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can talk about whatever you want! I'm a very good listener. I'm somewhat of a shy person, but chances are if we get to talking on here I'll already be excited to open up to you. I've traveled to a bunch of places and I love hearing people's stories, so if you have questions about me or where I've been, I'm sure I'll have the same for you, and we can definitely work something out.
Also if you have a dog I promise to pet your dog a lot.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cameroon, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Dominica, Ethiopia, France, Hong Kong, Iceland, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Macao, Mexico, Monaco, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kenya, United States