CURRENT MISSION

To meet and learn about life from amazing people around the world.

ABOUT ME

My parents are from overseas, but I grew up in a very small town in the desert in Arizona, near the Pima and Papago Indian reservations. When I graduated from high school, I was 16 and didn't feel quite ready to to college yet, so I saved up from my part time job in high school and went to stay for 8 months in a village in India near Pune. When I finally returned from that experience, I had been bitten by the traveling bug and was determined to move to New York. I started a small business making tamales and mexican food and earned enough to move to New York. After traveling a great deal in Europe, I settled down in New Orleans to attend college, where I majored Business and Film Production, with a minor in Asian History. During my sophomore year at the University of New Orleans, I was fortunate enough to be admitted to a program sponsored by the Japanese Minstry of Culture to live with a host family in Japan and I learned to speak Japanese fluently. Following graduation from college, my first job in the film industry was working for a producer of low budget martial arts films in Hong Kong, where I lived for almost 2 years, cutting trailers and attending various film markets to sell these films. I have since relocated to Los Angeles and have worked at a number of film distribution companies over the past few years. In my current job I am responsible for the acquisition of foreign films for release in the US, which gives me an opportunity to travel frequently.

PHILOSOPHY

"When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself." -Shunryu Suzuki-roshi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a beautiful, very peaceful home near Hancock Park and Koreatown, in Los Angeles, where I can host when I return from my travels. At this time I am traveling for work.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When I first arrived in New York, I lived for a time with an elderly couple, friends of friends, who had a fantastic apartment in Chelsea. Interestingly enough, I learned that this elderly Jewish couple were retired stockbrokers, who were also members of the Communist Party! which seemed to be a contradiction...but they were really great people and I learned many things from them and enjoyed the countless Jewish holiday parties they hosted.

Interests

• arts
• culture
• dining
• mexican food
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• martial arts
• business
• history

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