CURRENT MISSION

to expand my network of friends and experiences

ABOUT ME

I graduated from the University of Tennessee in the Spring of 2012. Since then I have been working on a start-up with a women's empowerment organization in Uganda that connects homeless and HIV+ women to local artisans and business mentors. I am trying to make their products available and affordable around the U.S., while creating a totally transparent supply chain.

Any advice?

PHILOSOPHY

Be persistent. Be passionate.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed with three different hosts on my first road trip through TX and LA. They were great first experiences! My next goal is to become more involved with other local surfers!

Interests

Climbing, rugby, photography, travel, writing, reading, studying Russian literature, learning languages, music

• fish
• writing
• literature
• photography
• reading
• traveling
• music
• fishing
• rock climbing
• rugby
• business
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I guess I also really liked Siddhartha.. and Wicked.. and Eat Pray Love.. and Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life.. and A Thousand Splendid Suns.. and a whole lot more I don't have time to write down.

Moveies: Anything done by Baz Luhrmann, Tarantino, Wes Anderson. Four Feathers, LOTR, Little Miss Sunshine, Emperor's New Groove, Beauty and the Beast, Garden State, Good Will Hunting, Shawshank Redemption, Big Fish.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. I saw Obama get his Nobel Peace Prize. I lived in a remote island in the South Pacific for 4 months. I've climbed part of the Great Wall, seen the Eiffel Tower, seen the Colosseum. I shopped in a Guatemalan market in Chichicastenango. I saw my brother get married. I hitch hiked from the south of Austria to Berlin. I studied Russian in Moscow, Estonia, and Latvia. I saw Shaquille O'Neal in person and got to watch him proclaim "I am Kazam" for the group of kids I was with. I've walked through snow piled higher than a lot of houses. I've caught a fish and eaten it raw out of the ocean. I've drunk water straight from a river in Slovenia. There are too many amazing things to choose just one...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Latvia, Russian Federation, Tonga, Uganda, United States

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