CURRENT MISSION

Traveling around the world, exploring best practices in migrant education and life in general: http://educateacrossborders.com/

ABOUT ME

I went to college far from home, and over the past five years, I haven't spent more than nine months in one place. Changing environments so often can be tiring, but the excitement always makes up for it. And while my parents' couch might be the most comfortable, others are far more interesting.

I just spent the past year traveling around the world doing a project on the education of migrants and refugees. I spent most of my time in Costa Rica, Spain, South Africa, Jordan and Singapore. I currently work at a university think tank doing public policy research. I'm an open-minded, laid-back, tongue-in-cheek intellectual who loves making new friends and learning about different ways of life.

PHILOSOPHY

"€œBroad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." -Mark Twain

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hoping to start meeting some CS folks in Houston. I can't host, but drinks and coffee are good!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to CS, but I've lived and stayed with different people all over the world (U.S., Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, Spain, Ireland, England, Netherlands, South Africa).

Interests

Traveling, current events, politics, beer, music, movies, dogs.

• dogs
• education
• beer
• coffee
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• teaching
• public policy

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Y tú mamá también, Into the Wild, All the President's Men, Garden State, The Bourne Identity, North by Northwest, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, American Beauty, Amores Perros, Lars and the Real Girl, City of God

Music: Bon Iver, M83, Led Zeppelin, Iron & Wine, Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes, The Head and the Heart, The Lumineers, Passion Pit, The Beatles, The Shins, Beach Fossils, Fleetwood Mac

Books: The Catcher in the Rye, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Sound of Things Falling, The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter, Brave New World

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spending a year traveling around the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching English and Spanish, travel advice

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Jordan, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, United States