CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy meeting artists, intellectuals and social change activists from other countries and other parts of the U.S.

ABOUT ME

After spending the past decade in Brooklyn, I have begun to divide my time between NYC and Montreal. In New York I immersed myself in the downtown performance scene as a curator and producer. Prior to living in Brooklyn, I lived in Philadelphia for several years. In addition to majoring in Urban Studies, I worked in the nonprofit sector... first at Philadelphia FIGHT, an agency which conducted clinical HIV trials and later at The Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia. I was also a founding board member of Media Tank, which worked on issues of media reform and education. I also participated in a queer direct action group called Grassroot Queers.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been a CS member for a few years, but I haven't been an active member. I am looking forward to becoming more involved both as a surfer and host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couch surfed quite a bit with friends. Some of my favorite experiences have been in Toronto where I have stayed with some really awesome activists and artists.

Interessen

Traveling, performance art, reading, swimming, cooking, running, bicycling, hiking, photography and politics.

• arts
• humanities
• performing arts
• photography
• education
• cooking
• running
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• boxing
• swimming
• communications
• teaching

Musik, Filme und Bücher

The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon by Tom Spanbauer; Bad Reputation by Penny Arcade; The Living Theatre by John Tytell; Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin; So Many Ways to Sleep Badly by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore; The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs; Origins of the Urban Crisis by Tom Sugrue; Crabgrass Frontier by Kenneth Jackson.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Difficult question to answer! First thing that comes to mind is riding in a box car from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico for 8 hours to small town called Wadle where we met "the peyote master."

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Knowledge of NYC's downtown performance scene. Basic information on media literacy/reform/justice.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Mexico, United States