hello! my name is heather and i'm an american student working in madrid for the summer! i'm studying mechanical engineering at MIT but have interests all over the place. i love drawing, painting, journaling, writing, ice cream, hiking, playing card games, building things, using big machines, leds, listening to music and dancing badly, dogs, salvador dali, herman melville, and the list goes on. there is so much to love!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i want to be able to learn as much about this world and the people that inhabit it. traveling, experiencing new places and cultures, and meeting new people who have had different life experiences will help me shape my world views and learn all that i can about our wonderful little planet :)

i also just love people !!

Interests

• arts
• writing
• board games
• reading
• painting
• drawing
• live music
• hiking
• surfing
• art history
• food
• friends
• people
• meeting people
• meeting friends
• lol
• building things

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: pink floyd, vampire weekend, red hot chili peppers, beach house, the lumineers, kendrick lamar, glass animals, donnie trumpet, grouplove, lemaitre

MOVIES: all wes anderson films (moonrise kingdom, the grand budapest hotel, the royal tenebaums), pulp fiction, kill bill (both volumes), interstellar, shawshank redemption, dead poet's society, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

BOOKS: moby dick (I LOVE THIS BOOK i can talk to you about it for days), white oleander, the history of love, and in general i really like the james joyce, david sedaris, aimee bender, etgar keret

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i lived in a community for people with special needs in a small farm town in ireland and taught therapeutic art classes for three months!

What I Can Share with Hosts

my art, my writing, my spirit of fun/adventure/curiosity, my love of learning, and my eagerness to meet new people and try new things! overall general enthusiasm for life!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Ireland, Jordan, United States