I am learning the art and science of medicine. It is my plan to be a physician someday. Traveling allows me to explore the multitude of ways one can exist as a human being. Eventually, I plan to use my skills to bring medicine and education to those who would benefit most.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to get off the beaten path and live in unconventional ways. I enjoy making friends from different places and am happy to show them my home in Missouri.

Interests

It is my dream to be a physician someday, so naturally medicine is on the top of my list.
It takes time and planning to travel so I just sit around looking at maps when I'm feeling the need for adventure.
I study whatever is around me. Missouri has quite the variety of trees and flowers so I study them. If I didn't become a doctor, I would have became a botanist. I may yet do both.
I like to study the earth and how the features of it came to be and how people have adapted to those features.
I am currently learning Spanish.
Carrying your life on your back is low cost way of traveling. I'm all about it.

• backpacking
• canoeing
• geography
• medicine
• language
• maps
• paddling
• botany
• natural history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, anything blues, RHCP, Norah Jones, Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled from my home in Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico in a canoe and spent my nights sleeping in a tent next to the river.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English, my skills in medicine, geography and science.
I'm learning Spanish and different ways of living.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A nice blue couch to sleep on a futon, a place to shower, breakfast, and at least a few jokes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States