Language learner, food lover, and adventurer living in the Bay Area! During the day I coordinate an after school program that empowers girls via sports. Outside of that I love to meet new people, explore the city on foot, and do ice cream tours of new places.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To make new friends and to have reasons to see parts of this fabulous area that I otherwise might not! I also enjoy getting to know people when I travel.

Interests

Running, dancing, eating, talking about feminism, speaking different languages, and climbing trees, rocks, and other things!

• dancing
• womens rights
• dining
• running
• traveling
• guitar
• adventure races
• sports
• rock climbing
• languages
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: A Walk in the Woods, Unaccustomed Earth, East of Eden, Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness and Protector of the Small quartets, Stone Butch Blues, My Antonia, Middlesex, The Color Purple, and Ishmael

Movies: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Up, American Beauty, XXY, But I'm a Cheerleader, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ever After, and Chocolat

Music: Beirut, TV on the Radio, Neil Young, Manu Chao, Daft Punk, Yann Tiersen, the Hush Sound, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Philip Glass, Neutral Milk Hotel, and all cheesy 80s music.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you have a unicycle, or are visiting me in the Bay, I'm happy to give lessons. I am learning guitar. And I am happy to speak English, French or Spanish (and potentially really slow, beginner level Mandarin) with you.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, England, France, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, United States