ABOUT ME

I'm currently in an Educational Psychology (Early Childhood Education) graduate program through UC Denver and the Boulder Journey School. Grew up in northern Colorado & then went to school in Iowa. Since then, I've lived in Illinois & Pennsylvania, & finally moved back home two years ago. Happy to be back & starting something new.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now I'm renting in someone else's house, so I'm just looking for places to couchsurf, but would love to be a host when I have my own place in the future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm currently new to couchsurfing myself, but I used to live in a co-op that hosted couchsurfers regularly.

Interests

Education, social justice (anit-racism/anti-bias, LGBT issues, feminism, socialism/class issues, fat activism), media representation, theatre, film, science fiction, liturature, learning about different cultures, pop-culture critique

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
DeVotchka
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
Nina Simone
Ani DiFranco
Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Kimya Dawson
Jordan O'Jordan
Sufjan Stevens
Caro Emerald

Movies
Pan's Labyrinth
28 Days Later
Amelie
Children of Men
Little Miss Sunshine
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Attack the Block
Chronicle
Sense and Sensibility (1996)
Twelve Monkeys
Brazil
Mother
Oldboy
Stoker
Julie Taymor's The Tempest
In the Mood for Love
Night of the Living Dead
Ginger Snaps
Land of the Dead

Authors:
Ursual K. Le Guin
Neil Gaiman
Jhumpa Lahiri
Jane Austen

Books:
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Word for World is Forrest
American Gods
Sexing the Cherry
Mansfield Park
Sense and Sensibility
The Namesake
Atonement
Wise Child
Juniper
The Waves
The Road
The Lover
Snow Falling on Cedars

Plays:
One Flea Spare
Light Shinning in Buckinghamshire
Ashes to Ashes
Mountain Language
The Tempest
Blood Relations
Life is a Dream
Threepenny Opera
Far Away
Fat Men in Skirts
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
A Bright Room Called Day

Poets:
Marge Piercy, ee cummings

Playwrights:
Caryl Churchill, Harold Pinter, Edward Albee, Nicky Silver, Shakespeare

Visual art:
Remedios Varo, Dorthea Tanning, Cindy Sherman, Frida Kahlo, Artemisia Gentileschi,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was awarded the Young Women of Achievement Award from the Girl Scouts of the USA for my work on my Gold Award project (the highest award available through the Girl Scouts). My project was a theater piece discussing cutting and self-mutilation in young people, usually young women. For the award I was flown into Washington, D.C. to go through a series of workshops and meet my representatives. I also got to meet with someone from the Labor department and sit in a meeting with Chilean diplomats about gender and fair labor practices.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Love of discussion and sharing new experiences. I'd also love to cook meals with you. And I can bake you a chocolate cake. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, England, Mexico