CURRENT MISSION

To live life to the fullest & love every minute! Hablando sobre eso, mi familia y yo vamos a trabajar y vivir en Motril, España por el año 2024-2025. Estoy tomando un sabático de mi escuela 👍✅

ABOUT ME

Friendly, lots of energy, go getter, athletic, humorous, what else? I love to travel and meet people. I am definitely a thrill seeker!

PHILOSOPHY

I truly believe, life can be FUN, simple and exciting most of the time if you let go of many of the 'fear' driven sides of our society today. I want to embrace that positive connection that brings our world together by meeting more new people, trying new things and daring to dare.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I had a slow but fun transition into the cs world. I had been recommended it when I was living in Chicago. I intended to use it more often when I moved to South America (mainly Chile and Peru but traveled back to the states ie Phoenix, AR from Tierra del Fuego) but really ended up hosting when I was a climbing & kayak guide in the National Park Torres Del Paine in Patagonia, Chile. That is when I really got to experience how wonderful & safe it is. My roommates and I were hosts via their account on CS and so we had lots of travelers stay with us. Through that experience I definitely felt even more proud of the community of traveling support & connections cs was/is making. Then I used it when I couldn't find anyone else to accompany me on my trip to Barbados for the marathon there. Seemed like a perfect option...I was definitely hesitant since this was really the first time I was solely depending on it. I haven't looked back since! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Usually couch surfing had been mainly associated with road trips or ultimate frisbee tournaments...where a friend of a friend has a place to crash etc. in a town where I wouldn't normally be.

Interests

Just about anything outdoors and sports related and happens to be a ton of FUN: whitewater kayaking, rock climbing, snowboarding, ultimate frisbee, running marathons, triathlons...

• cooking
• yoga
• pilates
• marathon
• running
• instructor
• traveling
• socializing
• outdoor activities
• kayaking
• mountaineering
• surfing
• snowboarding
• sports
• rock climbing
• tourism
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Not a big movie watcher but enjoy comedies and mysteries.
Music: A wide variety, everything from hip hop to bluegrass...A random sample: Jurassic 5, The Roots, Nora Jones, Dispatch, Keb Mo, Allison Krauss

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I summited the tallest peak in Australasia (Mt.Cook in the New Zealand Alps), 18 hours later, I was done and happy/amazed to say that was the most intense mountaineering experience I've ever had.

Teach, Learn, Share

Some more expertise in the areas of the physical/mind & body (personal trainer, pilates/yoga/bbarreless instructor, BodyTalk basic certification) so discussions and/or questions about these topics are always engaging! I am currently teaching health enhancement (physical education & health) for grades K-5 at 1 of our 9 elementary public schools. I’ve also taught as a non-specialist in the general education classroom ranging from elementary to high school (varying subjects) in private and public schools...as well as ESL for adults when I lived in Peru and special education in New Zealand.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will make sure you know all about the amazing activities Missoula has to offer and can usually get you on the river during the summer or snowboarding/skiiing in the winter. I also love to cook so am definitely down with sharing a home cooked meal!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, New Zealand, Peru, United States

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