I like seeing the world and appreciating it. I’m always open to new adventures, being outdoors, and chasing places that make me remember how incredible this world is. I’m currently studying in Abu Dhabi, hoping to work in the field of global public health in the future. I love anything outdoors-- running, swimming, hiking, painting, and finished my first Olympic-distance triathlon.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My most amazing experiences have come from showing up in new places, saying yes to adventure, and meeting strangers. I'm forever in pursuit of the places I know the least about. I moved to Malaysia to live with a host family at age 16 as an exchange student, and in that one year, I stayed with 32 different families. Each one -- somehow a connection to my host mother's friends or family-- taught me something new by opening my eyes to how much I have yet to learn from the world. I'm chasing the lessons that 16-year-old me realized were out there, and Couchsurfing seems like the best way to find them.

Interests

• photography
• exercise
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• painting
• drawing
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• sailing
• swimming
• field hockey
• sustainability
• social justice
• bicycling
• language learning
• veganism
• vegan cooking
• dragon boating
• wandering around

Music, Movies, and Books

books- Endure, Sapiens, Let the Great World Spin, Around the World in 80 Days, Candide, Between the World and Me (or anything Ta-Nehisi Coates), The Great Gatsby, The Four Agreements, Americanah, A Thousand Splendid Suns, A Short History of Nearly Everything, anything Bill Bryson
music - the "granola & iced coffee" playlist on Spotify, Cameroonian rap, or anything in between

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept 3 hours in gravel on the side of a highway in the United Arab Emirates, ran a half marathon the next morning

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach skiing, collage-making or community art workshops, vegan cooking and baking, pirated Crossfit or yoga; data analysis in R or Stata
Eager to learn anything!

What I Can Share with Hosts

-cooking and baking!
-drawings of landscapes and buildings
-playing 3 songs on ukulele
-organizing and cleaning
-running and exercising
-stories of improbable adventures

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, India, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ghana, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, United States