I'm originally from California and Oregon, USA, but now I live in Costa Rica. I've been living there for 4 years now, and Central America is my favorite place to travel. I'm a freelance writer, so I work online while I travel!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting new people, especially while traveling.

Interests

I'm super into volcanoes, David Lynch, agriculture and international trade (where does our food come from and how does it get to us?), international policy and politics, coffee/wine/spirits/beer/cheese, meeting new people, Joan Didion, rainforests, swimming, language learning, karaoking Enrique Iglesias, and how to prevent the seemingly inevitable doom of humanity.

• books
• education
• dining
• wine
• cheese
• beer
• coffee
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• agriculture
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

The Country Under My Skin by Gioconda Belli is one of my favorite books I've ever read - a memoir from a female Sandinista revolutionary in Nicaragua. David Lynch, Ernest Hemingway, Joan Didion. Also The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Island by Aldous Huxley. Taxi Driver. Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Kendrick Lamar, Romeo Santos, Bomba Estereo, Disclosure, Outkast, Talking Heads, Tears for Fears, Calle 13, Broken Social Scene, Violent Femmes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveled for 2 years solo!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, music, movies, books, Spanish, ideas for how to get started freelancing, a good time, a cigar, a drink, some laughs, terribly written short stories, ideas, a pair of my shoes if we wear the same size...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, United States