I love traveling, and I've been privileged to live/work/volunteer on five continents. I spent the last 6 years working abroad, mostly in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Liberia, with a few other 6-8 month contracts here and there in East Africa and a few other places. I've traveled to about 70 countries, and kind of miss hanging out with friends with totally different life experiences

Epidemiologist by training, in LA for a PhD

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Seems cool, hosted once or twice years ago - feel like seeing how it goes again

Interests

• education
• running
• traveling
• cycling
• camping
• trekking
• global health

Music, Movies, and Books

Idk, my reading is kind of focused on my dissertation these days

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Orcas doing a beach rub while I worked in Alaska

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, China, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mongolia, Philippines, Rwanda, South Korea, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States