CURRENT MISSION

My short-term goals are to learn Portuguese, play capoeira, travel with my unicycle, and to try all of the amazing popsicle flavors in Brazil!

ABOUT ME

I am drawn to challenges, and happiest when I'm constantly learning. Some past and present things I do for fun: unicycling, capoeira, dancing samba, rueda de casino and salsa, motorcycling, traveling, hiking, running, knitting, sailing, skateboarding, reading the Economist, burning man, canasta, and playing the one chord I know on my harmonica while making up ridiculous rhymes.

PHILOSOPHY

"If it's not fun, why do it?" -- Jerry Greenfield (of Ben & Jerry's).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first CS experience was on a recent trip to India. My sister and I stayed with Amisha and her lovely family in Jaipur, who taught us to fly kites from their rooftop. Staying with a family was worlds better than the hostel we'd been in Delhi! It definitely sold both of us on CouchSurfing.

Interests

Professionally, I'm interested in connecting user-centered design with technological applications, including mobile health and applied medical technology.

Outside of work, I generally like learning anything that requires pushing my limits. Especially complex motor skills (dance, capoeira, unicycling, etc)...

• design
• dancing
• capoeira
• baking
• running
• flying
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• hiking
• sailing
• skateboarding
• swimming
• economics
• languages
• neuroscience

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Brazilian and Cuban music, soca, zouk and other Caribbean music, and a bunch of African stuff (especially hiplife!).

I'm currently obsessed with Bollywood movies. Current fav: Dhoom 2.

As for books, I'm a voracious reader and will read anything you stick in my hands. I also love the Economist and xkcd.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming in the bioluminescent waves at night, during a red tide in San Diego.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about: unicycling, neuroscience, baking bread, dancing salsa, knitting.

I always love to learn new forms of dance, new languages, and about different cities.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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