CURRENT MISSION

To see and experience all the beauty of the world.

ABOUT ME

I come alive while I'm traveling. The more I travel, the more things I add to my "must see" list. Since I'm having such a great time in Japan, I'm looking at more opportunities to teach abroad.

I love everything about my life.

PHILOSOPHY

Often I find myself dreaming of all the possibilities of my life. There are so many things I could do or become. I like not knowing exactly where I'll be next and just figuring it out when the time is right.

"Everything could have been anything else, and it would have had just as much meaning."-Tennessee Williams

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been surfing and hosting for a while and absolutely love it! Through couchsurfing, I have met the most amazing people. I look forward to meeting even more.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing has changed how I travel and experience new countries. I absolutely love it. Also it has been really fun to show people around Japan and see the country from their fresh eyes. I like showing people around Osaka and sharing with them some of the amazing things that I have been lucky enough to experience.

Interests

I love teaching, making kids laugh so hard that they fart, traveling, chocolate, cycling, taking silly pictures of new adventures, craft beer, exploring, shoes, laughing, coffee, kissing, watching movies, and historical novels.

• beauty
• chocolate
• beer
• coffee
• movies
• traveling
• cycling
• surfing
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
-Super Troopers
-Mostly comedies

My favorite bands are:
-Fleetwood Mac
-Foo Fighters
-Slightly Stoopid

Books:
-The Book Thief
-A Thousand Splendid Suns
-Dracula

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Hiked the Joshua Tree National Park
-Watched the sunset at the Grand Canyon
-Trekked through Sapa, Vietnam with a Black H'mong guide
-Saw the entire island of Santorini in one day on an ATV
-Climbed Fuji
-Biked through the Angkor ruins in Cambodia

Teach, Learn, Share

"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." - Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States