ABOUT ME

Recently graduated with an MSN in Public Health Nursing and Health Policy and moved to Cleveland from California with my girlfriend. I like meeting new people, learning new things and about places I haven't visited yet, cooking, hiking, reading, building things, dancing, swimming, laughing and living. Currently exploring our new environment instead of much international travel.

PHILOSOPHY

Do the right thing because it's the right thing to do.

I believe in a thing called love.

Money isn't real, it doesn't matter. It only seems like it does.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've used CS for as both a host and surfer and have had many incredible encounters and made several friends I will surely meet up with again in some corner of the world. The best part of CS is meeting some of the most amazing people in the world...the worst part is saying goodbye to them not knowing if/when you'll meet up again.

Interests

Music, hiking, books, yoga, travel, languages, beer, movies, laughing, sleeping on couches, atoms, postcards, crocs, camping, swimming, taking naps in random patches of grass, learning about anything, politics, concerts, maps, coffee, wine.

• books
• concerts
• education
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• yoga
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping
• swimming
• cartography
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Seven, Crash, Into the Wild, Pay it Forward, Juno, Bella

Music: Anything...but here are my Pandora stations: Nirvana, Chili Peppers, The Decemberists, Muse, MGMT, Missy Higgins, Journey, James Taylor, Manu Chao, Matt Nathanson, Nada Surf, Bob Dylan, Juanes, The Chieftains, Youssou N'dour, Justin Timberlake, Iron & Wine, Tupac, Death Cab, Regina Spektor, Brett Dennen, Band of Horses, Arcade Fire and of course RATM.

Books: Anything that teaches me about something international (politics, history, geography, religion, anthropology, conflict, lonely planet) most people say my books are boring...I say most people who think that are boring.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen the Irish farm house my Grandfather was born in and learned so much about the man I never got to know like I wish I had from family I never knew I had.

Teach, Learn, Share

Languages, new dance moves, cool local hikes, road trips, breweries

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Benin, Burkina Faso, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, New Zealand, Niger, Thailand, Togo, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ghana, Laos, United States

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