A curious, compassionate traveler with enough regrets to say yes to most things and enough sense to have plans B-Z just in case. Spicy food love was amplified by living in Asia, appreciation of diverse cultures grows when I host interesting people, and love for the planet we share deepens through reading good books.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Enjoy hosting others. Rescued a stranded traveller after our ferry was canceled and ended up meeting the best chef in Nantucket. Once squeezed my family of four into a tiny manhattan studio and had a fantastic time together.

Looking to host you on my comfortable couch near Vancouver, BC, and share a taste of your city or town when I travel. Will be abroad most of april-july 2025 but shoot me a messsage I might be able to host

Love to travel/ always grateful to go home.

Interests

• culture
• entrepreneurship
• languages
• philosophy
• language exchange
• urban exploration
• acro yoga

Music, Movies, and Books

⊛ Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson,
⊛ This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
⊛ Slippery Noodles: A culinary history of China by Lin HsiangJu
⊛ Remembrance of Earth's Past by Cixin Liu
⊛ Dune by Frank Herbert

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Manhattan: Moved to New York City with no network and within a year built out a community of people who genuinely connect with me and each other.

Beijing: Founded a speaker series for black entrepreneurs in China to present and learn.

Cambridge: Made my first sourdough over the quarantine.

Vancouver: Paddleboarded to a private island to do backflips into the ocean

Teach, Learn, Share

⊛ I can teach you to play as an adult the way you did as a child, even if you barely remember that.
⊛ Learning new ways to eat spicy foods.
⊛ Let's share a meal, share a board game night, and share this planet we're on.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My curiosity. My outlook. My positive nature.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Canada, China, Curaçao, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Luxembourg, Maldives, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Italy, United Kingdom, United States