CURRENT MISSION

get my PhD and travel more

ABOUT ME

I am a grad student. I am very, very funny. I enjoy earthquakes and ice cream. I enjoy walking around new cities and walking/biking/driving through new routes.

PHILOSOPHY

chocolate.

Interests

traveling, reading, rollerskating, swimming, squeezing, knitting, people watching, hitchhiking, learning about different places - esp the small differences that one would never think about unless you see them - like the lack of glass windows in tropical houses unless there is air conditioning

• chocolate
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• cycling
• swimming
• geography
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

modern international fiction, indie rock - esp Will Oldham, merengue and bachata, O Brother Where Art Thou, Wonder Boys

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was Judo State Champion in Pennsylvania when I was 10 and 11 years old.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to knit. I am a geography teaching assistant. I can identify most countries on a map. I can help people with English.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Jamaica, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Poland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Nicaragua, Thailand, United States