I'm a climate science PhD student at Columbia, but I can usually be found in the airport. Always down to meet up with other travelers! Sharing stories and life experience is often the highlight of travel for me.

I'm calm and laid back. I grew up in Iowa, went to college in Chicago, and now have landed in NYC - and I'm not sure that I'll ever leave.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people who like traveling as much as I do!

I'm relatively new to CS, but I've meet some wonderful people at local meetups.

Interests

Running, photography, politics, flying.

I always love a good discussion about most anything, preferably while drinking.

Walking is my preferred transportation - it's the best way to see a new place.

• photography
• running
• walking
• drinking
• flying
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

The Power Broker, Strength in What Remains, Godel, Escher, Bach, Tolstoy, etc etc etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I flew in zero-gravity on the NASA vomit comet. And got stuck on a Serbian train for 22 hours.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can attempt to explain why the US is such a strange country.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have my spaghetti-making down to a science.

But really, I love meeting new people and learning about their lives.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States