23 and married. Working as a bartender a brewery and a medical scribe in a Family Practice office. Both my wife and I are currently applying to doctoral programs (MD for me and PhD for her). I spend most of my time rock climbing, reading, mountain biking, writing poetry, and working.

I believe each interaction and each person contributes something new and offers wisdom that no one else has. Further, I think all of humanity is unified by a single desire for purpose and belonging. I am inspired by the opportunity to discover where purpose is found for others. Interests to me are mere cogs in a greater mechanism that unifies every human being. I am very passionate about culture and would love to share stories!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

People and Places.

Interests

Adventuring, Backpacking, and Travel
Culture and Conversation
Hiking and Rock Climbing
Playing Guitar and Singing
Poetry and reading
Soccer, Volleyball, and Snowboarding
Philosophy, consciousness, conceptual conversations, and Theology
portrait drawing

• culture
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• spoken word
• hiking
• snowboarding
• sports
• rock climbing
• soccer
• volleyball
• languages
• philosophy
• conversation
• adventuring

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Folk, Indie, Classic Rock, Hip Hop, Classical, etc. Here are a couple of the favorites.
Ray Lamontagne, Young the Giant, The Shins, Chopin, The Beatles, A.A. Bondy, Oddisee, Needtobreathe, Jack Johnson, Foreign Fields, Twenty One Pilots

Movies: some notable ones---
Into the Wild, The Pianist, Amelie, Pursuit of Happiness, Cinderella Man, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, The Social Network, Mar Adentro, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Schindler's List, Dumb and Dumber, Office Space.

Favorite Books:
Currently reading - Dharma Bums

Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
On the Road - Kerouac
The Bell Jar - Plath
Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
Silence - Shusaku Endo
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
Confessions - St. Augustine
Pensées - Blaise Pascal
Power and the Gory - Graham Greene
Looking for Alaksa - John Greene
Orthodoxy - G.K. Chesterton
The Holy Bible

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have an incredibly motivated friend from Haiti who let me be a part of his 10 day mission trip in and around the villages of Miragoane, Haiti in which we got to provide 600+ patients with eyeglasses. During that trip, I was almost killed by rioters and lost 20 lbs from a two week bout with two separate parasites.

Teach, Learn, Share

I hope to learn about every aspect of culture I encounter and, in doing so, learn more about myself and humanity in general.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I do not have a home to offer at the moment as my college tenant is pretty strict on that, but if you are ever in the Anderson area or need any advice about Indiana travel/ indianapolis, I would love to help!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, United States