I work at UC Riverside as a Ph.D. student studying social cognitive neuroscience. I previously lived in Virginia for a couple years, working at Virginia Tech as a research coordinator in psychology and neuroscience research. Before that, I grew up in Santa Cruz, California and went to undergraduate at UCLA.

I like to have in-depth, intellectual conversations with people and I feel most comfortable when talking with people about meaningful topics rather than small talk. I am incredibly sarcastic and love to make jokes. I like to be spontaneous, and try new things. I am an avid fan of history, art, and culture, and seeing live music is where I feel most at home and like myself. I love listening to and exploring new music, and having new music shared with me.

Some of my favorite things:
- Live music
- Discovering and sharing music
- Craft beer
- Poetry/Spoken word
- Hiking/backpacking
- Meditating
- Photography
- Brie cheese
- 49ers and UCLA football
- Reading and writing
- Marvel comics
- Weightlifting
- Disney movies
- Baking

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

I like to take spontaneous trips to new places and I like meeting new people, so it seemed like a perfect fit!

Centres d'intérêt

• writing
• poetry
• photography
• concerts
• music festivals
• baking
• meditation
• comics
• reading
• music
• spoken word
• hiking
• psychology
• social science
• football
• social justice
• craft beer
• poetry slam
• weightlifting
• live concerts

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Music

- Nirvana
- Future Islands
- Wolf Alice
- Tame Impala
- The Beatles
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- FIDLAR
- The xx
- Glass Animals
- Yeasayer
- Sunflower Bean
- Ray Charles
- DIIV
- Silversun Pickups
- Vince Staples
- Frank Sinatra
- Fugazi
- Anderson Paak
- Crystal Castles
- Tracy Chapman
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Leon Bridges
- Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
- Kevin Morby
- Postal Service
- Elephant Revival
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Refused
- At the Drive In
- Kate Tempest

Books

- Silence
- The Orphan Master's Son
- Where You Go There You Are
- Blood at the Root
- Modern Romance
- The New Jim Crow
- Just Mercy
- Homo Deus
- The Hobbit
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
- The Yellow Birds
- The Unpersuadables
- Waking Up
- When Breath Becomes Air
- World War Z
- The Lies of Locke Lamora

Movies

- Memento
- Iron Man (really any Marvel movie)
- Stranger than Fiction
- Tangled
- Hercules
- Wedding Crashers
- Boondock Saints
- Lord of the Rings
- V for Vendetta
- The Big Short
- Good Will Hunting
- Gladiator
- Almost Famous
- The Truman Show
- The Princess Bride

Pays que j'ai visités

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Slovenia, Spain

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

United States