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.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

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.

Interests

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

Music, Movies, and Books

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.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

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."

Teach, Learn, Share

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

Countries I’ve Visited

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

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States