CURRENT MISSION

Figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. Improvising until I do.

ABOUT ME

I'm a 20-something ESL teacher with a tendency to flee the country with some regularity. I have wanderlust in the worst way. I run on coffee and good books. I graduated with a degree in International Relations, and will gladly talk politics or policy with you forever, if you like. I'm a talker and a doer. I'm interested in doing things that make me happy, and things that make the world a better place. At the same time, if possible.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to be a good human.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

New experiences and new stories and a deep faith in people.

Interests

Continuing Education. Harry Potter. Pesticide-free produce. Hats, and haberdashery more broadly. Rain smell. Used books. Music. Trying on new philosophies. Nomenclature. Hole-in-the-wall restaurants with amazing food. Dressing up on days that are not Halloween.

• books
• education
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• politics
• music
• rock climbing
• international relations
• languages
• conversation

Music, Movies, and Books

A sampling.
Music: Death Cab for Cutie, Chance the Rapper, Beirut, Young the Giant, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Otis Redding, Ella Fitzgerald, Gogol Bordello, Alt-J, Iron & Wine, The Tallest Man on Earth, Me and My Friends, Anderson .paak, Modest Mouse, the Beatles, Elton John, Regina Spektor, Frank Sinatra, St. Paul & the Broken Bones

Movies: Everything is Illuminated, In Bruges, Frida, Disney Movies, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Amelie, City of God, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Almost Famous, Casablanca, Moulin Rouge

Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Ruth Ozeki, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Neil Gaiman, Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Safran Foer, Karl Marx, Michael Pollan, Plato, James Madison, Michael Chabon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Worked 60 hours straight on site at a 93-team, 10,000 spectator, real-life quidditch tournament.

Teach, Learn, Share

Offering:
Whatever vodka I am currently infusing
One new English word, or a weird etymology
Recommendations for a fair number of cities around the world
Quick and dirty Russian language tutorial

Interested in:
Secret family recipes
Book recommendations
Mushroom foraging tips
Anything you can offer me

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Albania, France, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United States