****Currently traveling around Barranquilla, Santa Marta, & Minca, Colombia*******

CURRENT MISSION

Be free while I'm young. Listen to others ideas, question conventional thinking, live sustainably, do good.

ABOUT ME

As soon as I graduated University in 2015 I had to get out of Minnesota. I have learned so much from talking to people and pushing my comfort zone. I have spent a summer living in a mountain village without electricity in Honduras, three years studying abroad in Spain, three fall university semesters canoeing and camping down the Mississippi River, a spring working as a bartender in Ecuador, and a summer working as a food manager on a sailboat fleet in the Caribbean, a year studying in Bologna Italy, and a Carnival in Rio de Janiero.

I mostly work as a wilderness guide and love being outdoors. I am passionate about social justice campaigns, and try to get involved wherever I am living. Right now I am working remotely for a Women's Conservation organization in Colombia and traveling intermittently out of my current home base in New York City.

PHILOSOPHY

The most interesting people you will meet are a little bit crazy. Intersectional Environmental Justice, Critical Race Theory, and Queer theory are my obsessions. Kindness and generosity are what I practice.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I cannot host people at the moment because I am traveling. I've met some amazing people through being a guest, and right now just want to use couchsurfing to meet locals while I travel.

Interests

Exploring, partying, climbing things, speaking Spanish, subterranean tunnel exploring, hiking, being around people, canoeing, hearing stories, meeting new people.

• literature
• partying
• raves
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• backpacking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• sailing
• environmental studies
• urban exploration
• brazil
• lgbt
• social justice
• queer
• edm
• caves
• environmental justice
• spanish
• lesbian
• nature conservation
• djs
• racial justice
• queer theory
• lgbtq+
• critical race theory
• lgbtq
• granada
• decolonial theory
• traditional ecological knowledges

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS
The Harry Potter series
Ishmael
Anything written by Octavia Butler
Pride and Prejudice
Mrs. Dalloway
Born to Run
Into the Wild
Walden
Peter Pan

MOVIES
Indiana Jones
Fried Green Tomatoes
Cloud Atlas
Anything by Pedro Almodovar
Wes Anderson films

MUSIC
Always changing, right now I really like Beirut, Doja Cat, Natalia Laforcade, Calle 13, and of course Bob Marley

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent 2 months living in a cave in Granada, Spain. We were experimenting with living outside of the capitalist system, in a way that was environmentally sustainable, rejects consumerism, and puts people before money.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
I like to cook for people. I can talk about academic theories and have great intellectual conversations around many topics. I also can help people practice their English.

LEARN
I love talking to people from different places because I love learning others perspectives and ideas. I have notebooks full of interesting ideas that I have heard from people I've met. I am also trying to figure out what I want to do and who I want to be when I grow up, and talking to people about their lives is the best way for me to figure that out.

SHARE
I love getting drinks and sharing ideas and stories with others more than anything.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Great conversation and a home cooked meal :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Ecuador, Honduras, Italy, Spain, United States, Virgin Islands, British

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