CURRENT MISSION

Graduating UC Berkeley this winter and trying to figure out what do with my life (original right?) Hoping that I can commit to making the world a better place, but hey, maybe I should start small. I'll probably just try to start going to sleep earlier.

ABOUT ME

I like to talk. I like to sing along to songs while driving alone in a car. I love to sleep. I really like to eat, but really I live to drink all sorts of beverages. Tea, coffee, soda, beer, wine, juice? Those are the things that I live for.

And I'm graduating UC Berkeley this winter (oh boy, now I get to be an adult). I'm in the middle of applying to law school and I've been asked to write about myself a lot lately. What's come out of it is basically the realization that I want to be a lawyer so I can make a difference in the world. It means that 1) Berkeley has finally gotten to me with its message of social justice and 2) that no matter how hard I try, I'm always just going to be a corny person.

Also I'm a structure-loving, detail oriented, tasky person with an outgoing personality, a growing love of public speaking, and a very visual learning style. I have a lot of experience working and learning about team dynamics, leadership development theory, and facilitation. What that means? I know a lot of teambuilders and icebreakers. And that I'm cool...

PHILOSOPHY

Leave things better than you found them. And have fun. And eat healthy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet, but pretty excited to try it out!

Interests

NBA Basketball, NFL (American) Football, Social Justice, Eating popcorn, BEVERAGES!

Top 5 Sodas?
1) Cherry Coke
2) Coke Zero (love it!)
3) Diet Dr.Pepper
4) Sprite
5) DNL

• singing
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• dieting
• drinking
• basketball
• soccer
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Bear vs Shark, The Beatles, The Strokes, Circa Survive, Kanye West, Chiddy Bang, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Snake the Cross the Crown, Flight of the Conchords

Movies: Increasingly anything that nails its tone, but really Aronofsky, Tarantino, Judd Apatow, Francis Ford Copolla, and of course Michael Bay

Books that are in a big stack on my desk that I have yet to read:

Beloved - Morrison
On the Road - Kerouac
Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer
The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons
The Best American Non-Required reading 2008 - Edited by Dave Eggers
Brush with the Law - Byrnes & Marquart
The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano
The History of the Siege of Lisbon - Jose Saramago
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Hemingway
Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama
501 Minutes to Christ - Poe Ballantine
The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon

Teach, Learn, Share

Trust is the foundation of teams, and effective teams marrying developing relationships with each other with accomplishing their tasks.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, France, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States