CURRENT MISSION

To see and experience everything I can!

ABOUT ME

I'm a high school teacher, and I love my job! Working with teenagers is great, and teaching them about other cultures is very rewarding. I teach both French and AP Art History. Like everyone on this site, I'm passionate about traveling and love going to new places, seeing new things, and meeting new people. I live in Fort Collins, CO, with my husband and rescue dog but I am from a college town in western Wisconsin where my mom and dad still live. My younger sister lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed all over Italy, the Dominican Republic and in the U.S. (Chicago, Boston and Puerto Rico)

Interests

Music, music, MUSIC!!! I enjoy playing my guitar, but I'm mainly limited to 3-chord songs, unfortunately. I go to a ridiculous number of concerts, could talk about music for days on end, and if the conversation is rock-specific, then even longer!

I also enjoy volunteering, and I have participated in Big Brother Big Sister since 2005. In 2008 I volunteered for the Obama campaign.

I love being active!--I'm a runner, and I love running/biking/walking/hiking when I travel too. I'm used to be a regular a yoga instructor (now I just sub), and I mainly practice Power Vinyasa. Love it!

• dogs
• arts
• concerts
• yoga
• running
• instructor
• walking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• backpacking
• hunting
• whitewater rafting
• surfing
• zip-line
• teaching
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: nearly all kinds of rock! Too many bands to mention!

Movies: Almost Famous, Much Ado About Nothing, The Sound of Music, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Wayne's World, The Goonies, Love & Basketball

Books: Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield; anything Shakespeare; The Godfather by Mario Puzo; Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle; Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I can't pick just one...sorry!

#1: Backpacking western Europe with my best friend for 2.5 weeks in the summer of 2006.

#2: Iguana hunting (just to catch, not to kill) in Belize when I was in high school.

#3: Fishing for pirhanas with raw meat on the Amazon river in Peru.

#4: Doing a zip-line in the Andes of Ecuador.

#5: Jumping off waterfalls, whitewater rafting and surfing in the Dominican.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach French and yoga!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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