CURRENT MISSION

I'm a current graduate student at The University of Wisconsin- Madison in a program called Global Higher Education

ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Emma. I live in Minnesota and work just across the Mississippi River at a quaint restaurant in Wisconsin. This geography puts me right in the middle of "the midwest nice" region. It's a sweet place to be and I'm a pretty happy person who's just here living out my human experience. While it's a nice place to come back to, I also like taking leaps away, being culture shocked and meeting people from all walks of life.

PHILOSOPHY

"Whatever you are doing now is the most beautiful thing."- thanks to a lovely little message written on a bag of tea.

Interests

I like to spend time walking in the woods, hiking, reading a good book, writing down ideas, making pies, taking a jog, thrifting, exploring old and new places, learning about history, and window shopping for trinkets. I also like to take pictures and go out dancing. In the summer, I'm fond of gardening and canoeing and in winter I like to ice skate and enjoy the warm and cozy feeling of nice wool socks. In college I studied literature and it still remains an interest of mine, especially in the areas of the novel and many forms of poetry. I'm a fan of sending and receiving nice pieces of handwritten snail mail. As far as collecting goes, I like finding coffee and tea cups and having a good time with good company. I've also inherited a nice stamp collection and enjoy finding a nice record to listen to. That covers some of it, I think.

• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• education
• beer
• coffee
• walking
• gardening
• shopping
• thrifting
• reading
• socializing
• bouldering
• hiking
• canoeing
• teaching
• geography
• history
• au-pair
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Tallest Man on Earth, Destroyer, LCD Soundsystem, Ben Howard, Sigur Ros, Mazzy Star, Bon Iver, Angus and Julia Stone, The Avett Brothers, Trampled By Turtles, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, Fleet Foxes, The National, The Head and the Heart, First Aid Kit, A Weather, The Lumineers, The Eagles, CCR, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Band, Jim Croche, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and most feel good tunes on oldies stations.

Books: The Little Prince, Into the Wild, Demian, The Stranger, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Frankenstein, The Great Gatsby, Norwegian Wood, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Book Thief, Looking For Alaska, Harry Potter, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Also, the writing style of Hemingway and the poetry of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, William Blake, e. e. cummings, Frank Ohara, and Mary Oliver

My absolute favorite film is Amelie. My nerdier side leans toward Lord of the Rings and Battlestar Galactica.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I stood on a boulder 985 meters above a fjord between two mountains in Norway, holy smokes. There was my au pair year that I spent abroad in Sweden which held a multitude of amazing experiences but really, I tend to find the small, serene experiences the most amazing of all.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know how to make lots of good soups and Swedish pancakes. I try to be an advocate on the reasons why you should visit the midwest and would like to share good beer with you. I want to learn what's going on in your community right now that makes it an awesome place to be.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, United Kingdom, United States