ABOUT ME

Currently I am a full time student at UCLA though I reserve most weekends for backpacking, canoeing or rock climbing trips. I am a bit of a tree hugging, bluegrass loving yogi and I think that life is too short not to experience anything that makes you happy! I am a lifetime learner and beginning teacher. Two things I hold sacred: books and mountains!

PHILOSOPHY

Life is too short not to do anything that is enjoyable.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch surfed in Costa Rica and France. Both experiences were lovely and I had true, local experiences unlike any I would have had if I had stayed in a hostel or hotel.

Interests

I love to travel, dance, cook, backpack and listen to music. I study Biology and French, but when I get breaks from school, I am probably guiding backpacking trips in the California Sierras, honing my surfing skills or reading anything and everything I could get my hands on. I prefer to be outside and love making meals for my friends.

• fish
• books
• dancing
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• fishing
• backpacking
• canoeing
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• biology
• teaching
• tourism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The English Patient

Music: Radiohead, Devendra Banhart, Avett Brothers, Devil Makes Three, The Head and the Heart, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Alt J, Lord Huron, Shakey Graves, Rhye, Sigur Ros, Balmorhea, First Aid Ki, The Tallest Man on Earth...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I guide backpacking trips for UCLA and one trip that I guided, one of my participants experienced her first s'more, first campfire, first camping experience, first backing experience, first fish caught and first time going in the ocean! It was magical.