ABOUT ME

I'm almost always happy, usually laughing, thoughtful and sometimes shy. I love learning languages and getting lost!

PHILOSOPHY

Seek first to understand, then be understood.

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

I have so, so, so many places to see and people to meet!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfed in Lisbon, Brussels and Milan, hosted in Paris. Looking forward to more adventures!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's been great getting to know local people in places I've visited!

Interests

Working on a master's in international relations and African studies.

I'm a big fan of hot yoga, vegan cooking and classic novels.

• cooking
• vegan
• yoga
• drums
• international relations
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm a fan of Pedro Almodóvar and Woody Allen,

classical, jazz, blues, folk, rock, hip hop music,

Tolstoy, Malcolm Gladwell, Jonathan Safran Foer and many more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The spontaneous euphoric outpouring of students into the streets of Ann Arbor the night Barack Obama was elected president.

Looking at the stars in the sky above a small village in southern Senegal while listening to the beating of drums and realizing I wouldn't trade my time in West Africa for the world.

Seeing the Pyramids of Giza.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, Senegal, Spain, United States