I am a Minnesota native turned Chicago transplant. I have equal love for deep nature camping and city living, but the ratio of reality is not evidence for this! While my professional background is in public health, I'm finding myself on either a detour or a new path (tbd) with my current position in a saas company and an unrelated startup in the works.

I have 4 sisters and I'm smack in the middle. As I continue to grow up, I realize more and more how significantly this has shaped me. I also wake up feeling blessed to go through life with 4 best friends on "speed dial" who know exactly where I came from. Where do you sit in your family birth order?

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To expand my horizon through the stories of others.

Interests

I like to actively engage with new experiences through people, places, food, ideas, and environments! This is why farmers markets, art festivals, and dancing appeal to me so much. I love the back story. I care about what drove the making behind a business, a decision, or a piece of art. I care about how you ended up where you are, being who you are, moving along (at least for a moment) in the same space-time as me.

My dream is to have a remote job so I can bounce between Chicago and other western hemisphere cities / countries, settling for a month at a time to better understand where I am.

• salsa dancing
• farmers' market
• running
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• conversation
• foodie
• hip hop dance
• coffee shops
• poetry slams
• art festivals
• cities in the early morning after rain

Music, Movies, and Books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watched the sunrise and sunset in Joshua Tree National Park and the northern lights on a canoe trip in Canada's Quetico!

What I Can Share with Hosts

A poem or a song

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Mexico, Palestine, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Viet Nam