Hello! I've been in Madison since summer 2015. After a number of years of moving around, I'm enjoying the stability of staying in one place. Wisconsin - Minnesota - Peru - Minnesota - Seattle - Wisconsin.

I'm a calm person, a homebody who likes to go on adventures. I'm more introverted than extroverted. Working my way to get into grad school for speech-language pathology.

I'm living with housemates right now - unfortunately we don't have much room to offer lodging, but I'm glad to meet up with visitors to Madison. I could offer you a home-cooked meal, take you out contra dancing, and/or explore Madison by bicycle with you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's a great way to meet interesting people. Getting to know someone from a place is much more interesting than just seeing the sites.

Interests

I grow food at a community garden, and try to cook most of my food from scratch. I grow catnip so I can give recreational drugs as gifts.

I contra dance every chance I get (it's a kind of community folk dance in long lines of couples).

• cooking
• baking
• reading
• music
• contra dancing

Music, Movies, and Books

Podcasts: Lore, Welcome to Night Vale, The Heart, Radiolab, This American Life, Dear Hank and John, Love and Radio, Alice Isn't Dead, The Allusionist, Serial, Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything

Authors/Books: Andrea Gibson, Harry Potter, East of Eden, An Everlasting Meal, Invisible Cities, Wytches

Music: Manu Chao, Bon Iver, Buke and Gase, Cloud Cult, Iron & Wine, Radiohead, Ke$ha, Los Prisioneros, Tune-Yards, Steve Earle

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook you a tasty meal, practice Spanish or English with you, and swap stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Peru, United States