I am an Australian human rights professional with a vision for a better world. At the moment I am working at the United Nations Development Programme, based in New York. My work focuses on engaging the private sector to respect and support human rights.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I travel a lot with my work and enjoy staying with hosts on couch-surfing and spending a few extra days in a city if I can. The people that I meet while travelling and the glimpses of wonderful, far-flung corners of the world that I have been lucky enough to visit are are the memories that I will carry with me my whole life.

Interests

- Drumming
- Ashtanga Yoga
- Capoeira
- Swimming
- Running
- Music (DJ, composer)
- Dancing
- Science
- Anthropology
- Theatre/Performance
- Contemporary/Modern art

• arts
• performing arts
• modern art
• dancing
• capoeira
• human rights
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• flying
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• surfing
• swimming
• anthropology
• law
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

- Deleuze & Guattari (A Thousand Plateaus, Anti-Oedipus)
- Radiohead
- non-fiction books of all kinds
- arthouse films
- documentaries

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Oh, so many! U2 live at Wembly Sadium in London when I was 13 years old. Waking up in the Himilayas on a bus on the Tibet-China border. Sunrise over Gunung Rinjani volcano on Lombok in Indonesia. Where do I start? :-)

Teach, Learn, Share

- Ashtanga yoga
- Meditation
- Drumming
- Asian cooking (Thai, Indonesian...)
- Law

What I Can Share with Hosts

A friend once told me that I am characterised by "unthinking generosity".

I cook a mean Indonesian Gado-Gado, and am not too shabby in the kitchen with Hong Kong / Cantonese-style Chinese food either.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Timor-Leste (East Timor), United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Bangladesh, China, Denmark, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam