Always exploring, asking questions, inviting more from myself and my surroundings. I like to move - hiking, biking, dancing. Food is at the center of my world through growing, cooking, sharing, learning, and advocating for healthier and more just access. I'm curious how cultures look to food as a source of healing and connection.

These days I'm living in Bergamo, Italy pursuing a masters in Montessori elementary education.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted and surfed a ton over the past 7 years. I love the mystery that precedes each stranger and am in awe of the generous people I meet in this community. This experience satisfies my desire for exchange outside of the capitalist model.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have slept under the stars in Oregonian backyards and Portugeuse attics, breathed inthe thin air on a Ligurian bridge, channel surfed, traced cities on ferries and bicycles, learned how to build a bike and how to make Aloo Saag. I have hosted 2 ultimate frisbee champions, a lover of textiles, a poly-expert, a comic, 4 Hawaiian explorers, 3 sweet souls from Vancouver, a Québécois couple, 2 frenchman and later 1 french lady, and so many friends-of-friends.

Interests

Live music, moving my body in many ways, sharing food, reading, trying new things.

Music, Movies, and Books

So much music, but some favorites in this old list:

In Rainbows - Radiohead
Vespertine - Bjork
To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
Andorra - Caribou
Black Messiah - D'Angelo and the Vanguard
Until the Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
Once I Was An Eagle - Laura Marling
the Ethiopiques series, especially Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Mahmoud Ahmed, Mulato Astatke

Movies I've loved recently - A Girls Walks Home Alone At Night, Call Me By Your Name, The Favourite

I'm usually reading 3+ books at once and always looking for recommendations... these are my classics:
The Sound and The Fury - William Faulkner
House of Incest - Anais Nin
Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf
A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took a ride in an old station wagon to a Portuguese villa in the countryside for a late lunch with 50 horses and 5 warm newborn puppies. Hitchhiking only got better from there.

Teach, Learn, Share

Some things I can teach:
How to cook a great meal out of what's left in the depths of the fridge, do sun salutations and other asanas, speak French assez bien, turn a phrase in an American way, and how to keep warm on cool nights with a little foot-tapping game.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am (mostly) down to go with whatever flow you've got going on. I'm happy doing solo adventures, but I also like co-creating marathon days of exploring and napping and eating.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, United States

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