I'm an outgoing and curious person who will drop whatever it is I'm doing to listen to a friend or stranger share something important to them. I love to connect with people from all different walks of life and engage in thoughtful conversation over coffee or cocktails about culture, politics, sci/tech, religion, and philosophy. I seek authenticity and meaning in all that I do and enjoy having my views challenged and changed- every person has something unique to teach you!

// I live in a tiny apartment so unfortunately cannot host at the moment, but if you ever visit Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal I am happy to meet up or give you some tips :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To see the world through the mind's eye of others. I want to experience new places by sharing stories, ideas, and life with open-minded people and broaden my perspective on what it means to be a part of this incredible world.

Interests

• poetry
• photography
• education
• cooking
• running
• technology
• backpacking
• computer science
• entrepreneurship
• neuroscience
• philosophy
• psychology
• marketing
• creative writing
• chinese painting

Music, Movies, and Books

Music // Metric, Marina and the Diamonds, Chvrches, Bon Iver, Young the Giant, Fleet Foxes, Lykke Li, Arctic Monkeys, Said the Whale, Vampire Weekend, The xx, Sean Lennon, Coldplay

Movies // Slumdog Millionaire, Last Night, 500 Days of Summer, Stoker, Spirited Away, 5 Centimetres Per Second

Books // Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy, Mansfield Park - Jane Austen, Cousin Bette - Honore de Balzac, Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen, For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway, The Waves - Virgina Woolf, Animal Eye - Paisley Rekdal, Late and Posthumous Poems - Pablo Neruda

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Perform brain surgery on a mouse, solve a Rubik's cube <3min, cuddle a tarantula, program a card game, publish a paper in the journal Science

What I Can Share with Hosts

Homemade Chinese, Indian, or Thai food! :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China