I am a student from Minnesota, US, traveling abroad in Montpellier, France for the semester. I am happy to be here and enjoying making a home in a new part of the world! I enjoying laughing and sharing stories and food, learning about whatever I have the chance to learn - I love being a student in school, but also believe I learn the most from sharing experiences with people, listening closely and connecting with them. I am also happy to teach anything I can - and education is one of my biggest passions, I hope to become a teacher. I absolutely love dancing - I have never really taken classes (though am taking some swing dance classes right now), but few things in the world give me more joy. I love dogs, and butter, and reading, and blue skies and thunderstorms, and making music with friends. I am hoping to spend the next few years of my life traveling a good bit, so I appreciate hearing stories and gaining insight from other couch surfers who have varied and beautiful travel experience - whoever you are, it would be great to meet you :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love the idea of a network of people all lending a hand to one another, making travel accessible and personal and warm - and making the world a little smaller!

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Harry Potter, The Bean Trees, The Poisonwood Bible, Invisible Man, The Country Between Us, authors such as Joan Didion, James Baldwin, Howard Zinn, Audre Lorde, Claudia Rankine, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

been chased by a bear!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Happy to help with chores around the house, grocery shopping, whatever needs to be done!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States