I teach English to secondary students and hope to use this career to travel around the world. I love reading, hiking, street bars, dance halls, beaches and late nights spent laughing. I'm a big believer in Non-Violent Communication (NVC) and teach teachers how to include those principles in their curriculums, and plan to begin post-graduate studies after my current contract is over to specialize in post-conflict education. I never want to stop learning.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've used Couchsurfing for years, and more than once a kind stranger has helped me out in a time of need. I want to pay it back and pay it forward. All kind strangers are welcome. I want to interact with the actual humans who live in the places that I visit ~

Interests

• writing
• singing
• cooking
• reading
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
Noam Chomsky, Understanding Power

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the Congo-Nile Trail

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Kwasi Wiredu's theory of conceptual decolonization and how it relates to understanding political paradigms. Also, choral singing.
Learn: French. Please.
Share: Shells from Florida.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Wit, unbelievable stories, and at least one amazing conversation on literature.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, England, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, Scotland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cameroon, Iraq, Rwanda, United States