CURRENT MISSION

learning, loving, matching practice to theory

ABOUT ME

I’m working on a phd in English literature, which means I spend a lot of my time reading, writing, and teaching (or otherwise talking about books and ideas). I'm also a steward in the student workers' union, fighting privatization of the university of california and advocating for workers' rights across the system.

Outside of campus life, I love dancing, hiking, singing, cooking, and conversation!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed in France and Norway and also a bit in the US. This is such a great way to meet wonderful, amazingly generous and open and curious people, sharing meals and coffees and conversations. I love that this dispersed community exists, a genuine "sharing" alternative to "the economy."

I currently live in a space where I cannot host, but I hope to someday extend the same kind of generosity others have extended to me - and I'm always happy to meet up for coffee, beers, stories, hikes, etc, so let me know if you're in the bay area and looking to meet some comrade-adventurers!

Interests

I love to read and write, dance, talk, learn, sing, meet people, ask questions, eat vegetables, cook, hike, camp, climb.

• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• vegan
• politics
• reading
• socializing
• hiking
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

some current musical favorites are Laura Marling, Deb Talan, Robbie Basho, Ida Maria, Nina Simone, The Head and the Heart, Regina Spektor, and Billie Holiday.

favorite movies include Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Tambien la lluvia, citizenfour

books. oy. i love them. some authors: virgnia woolf, zadie smith, william faulkner, ts eliot, george eliot, claudia rankine (read "citizen"!), iris murdoch, em forster, henry james (sometimes), theodore adorno, stanley cavell, walter benjamin

Teach, Learn, Share

cooking (vegan food), singing, talking about novels, philosophy, poetry, writing, politics...