CURRENT MISSION

Be Here Now

ABOUT ME

I am a happy, adventurous, energetic lover of life who tries to live in the moment while planning for the future.

I have an insatiable curiosity for things large and small.

I like to make strangers smile.

I am really good at acting way older and way younger than I am.

PHILOSOPHY

"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." - Rumi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently living in Seattle and have not had any couch surfers yet, but have loved hosting travelers in my home in Fort Collins last year and would like to continue to host and surf.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

1+ years

Interests

I spend my time:

Learning
Cooking/eating/dreaming of food
Practicing yoga both on and off the mat
Gardening
Reading
Trying to understand the world
Backpacking
Absorbing new ideas and energy

I am passionate about education. The future of the world depends our youth. I am an educational/school psychologist. I want to empower students to participate in their own lives and education in a meaningful way so that they can shape their own worlds.

I constantly find myself thinking/talking about how the mind works, evolution, education, current events and the state of the world and food.

• culture
• acting
• beauty
• education
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• gardening
• politics
• reading
• backpacking
• teaching
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Shogun, Be Here Now, Into the Wild, Omnivores dilemma, the Alchemist, The Selfish Gene, Dharma Bums, Norwegian Wood, Summerhill, The Power of Their Ideas, Stranger in a Strange Land, Cats Cradle, What is the What, Clan of the Cave Bear, Game of Thrones, Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World

Food: Indian, Vegetables of all sorts, Fruit, Mango's by the box, Raw Milk, Thai, Japanese, Anything spicy...

Music: Some of my favorites are Frank Zappa, Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, MF Doom, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Neil Young, Marley, Sublime, Akron Family, Iron & Wine, Blackalicious, John Legend, Mos Def, Boards of Canada, Lauren Hill, King Crimson, but I am always looking for new sounds.

Movies: I really like documentaries and thought provoking films but definitely have a soft spot for cheap laughs (like old school Jim Carey). My favorite directors are the Coen Brothers and Wes Anderson.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Canyonlands in Utah. I felt like I was on Mars.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have experience teaching about psychology and education but love to discuss and develop new understandings of world affairs, politics, culture, evolution and spirituality.