CURRENT MISSION

My current mission is to follow through on my desire to backpack South America and get to Bolivia. I would like to incorporate in this journey education about indigenous cultures including knowledge of their agricultural and building techniques.

ABOUT ME

I'm weird, in a good way. Love people and places and experiencing new things. I'm a quick learner and a wild adventurer. Goal and solution oriented, love laughing and making others laugh when I can, i'm honest and hard working. Active, effective and optimistic. Conscious and observant. Conversational, strong willed and happy.

PHILOSOPHY

"Ask the questions with no answers"-Wendell Berry
"Don't be delicate, be vast and brilliant"
"Stop acting so small, you are the universe in ecstatic motion"-Rumi
"Stay far from timid, only make moves when your hearts in it and live the phrase the sky's the limit"-Notorious B.I.G
"Find what you love and let it kill you"-Charles Bukowski
Be curious, not judgemental

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have never couchsurfed but have lived on farms that did and had only great experiences with each person we hosted.

Interests

Permaculture, anthropology, botany, social sciences, tribal and indigenous cultures, animals, plants, PEOPLE, travel, seasonal local healthy cooking, food preservation, spanish, writing poetry, exploring as many kinds of MUSIC as possible, reading, dancing, meditation, yoga.

• animals
• arts
• writing
• poetry
• acting
• dancing
• education
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• adventure races
• anthropology
• teaching
• religion
• social science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: fever ray, the knife, xxyyxx, animal collective, dj shadow, blackalicious, lauryn hill, feist, lianne la havas, erykah badu, cat stevens, joni mitchell, lykke li, the black keys, fleet foxes, jose gonzalez, outkast, ani difranco, beirut, bjork, devil makes three, fionna apple, gogol bordello, iron and wine, Mos Def, radiohead, Saul Williams, Teebs, the white stripes.
Movies: All Tarantino films, The fountain, Waking Life, documentaries and educational films, Another Earth, Melancholia, What about bob, scary movies
Books: Women who run with the wolves, ishmael, celestine prophesy, way of the peaceful warrior, the prophet khalil gibran, infinite mind, breaking open the head, intelligence in nature, sacred economics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think the most amazing thing i've done is give up my 9 to 5 cubicle job, paycheck to paycheck life to pursue my passions. It's serving me well.

Teach, Learn, Share

Urban gardening, healthy cooking and eating. I would like to learn about other cultures art forms, religions and traditional building, agricultural techniques.

Countries I’ve Visited

Puerto Rico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States