CURRENT MISSION

seeing a little bit of Scandinavia before starting grad school

ABOUT ME

university student on the south side of Chicago that incessantly travels locally and strives to travel interglobally as much as possible.

im going to school to become a social worker for incarcerated youth while trying to be some sort of artist.

and of course, i love to meet new people and learn about them.

PHILOSOPHY

i believe in working, reading, doing and sharing. i have anticapitalist friends and anticapitalist thoughts. vegetarian. i dont kill bugs. i strive to share the good luck i've received, and deal with the bad luck gracefully.

"that which prevents the suffering of the future."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

just beginning to host/surf. any non-commercial, people-based method of traveling/hosting is something i want to be involved in.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

just hosting so far.

Interests

walking, talking, listening, drawing.

• arts
• vegetarian
• meditation
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• social work
• hitchhiking
• carpooling

Music, Movies, and Books

Vonnegut, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Baptist Generals, The Roots, Sharon Van Etten, Deathgrips.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

so lucky to have gotten a job in Varanasi, India last summer doing arts with young people, followed by brief but beautiful carpooling and hitchhiking experiences through Germany and France.

Teach, Learn, Share

i have two mini-expertise: 1) knowledge of the arts-practicing and historicizing-and 2) as deep a knowledge of the city of Chicago as someone can get in 3 years.

just beginning an interest in meditation.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States