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Overview

  • 17 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian; learning French, Spanish
  • 33, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Retired Molecular Biology Research Associate.
  • B.S. in Neuroscience from UC Santa Cruz
  • From Zelenograg, Russia; Walnut Creek, CA; Santa Cruz, CA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Seeking mindfulness.

ABOUT ME

I recently graduated with a degree in Neuroscience, and after working in the biotech industry for a year, I want to seek a different application for everything I learned. In short, road trip!

I'm pragmatic, but romantic, thus conflicted often. I'm silly and I make bad jokes. I love the intricate and complex, be it a biological pathway or a minimalist dreamy arthouse film.

I'm not the biggest party monster, but I do enjoy jolly drunk conversations.

PHILOSOPHY

Ritual > routine.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed while traveling, hosted for a year, met many surfers through friends who host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed in Albuquerque, Denver, Seattle, Eugene, Austin and Portland. All my experiences were wonderfully different & across the board awesome. When I hosted, the people I met were diverse, and always kind and unique. I believe that CS is a way to participate in the would community.

Interests

art museums, film, local and responsible food systems, bouldering, biology, brains, russian writers, puns, learning new crafts, relief printmaking, nonsensical and sensual poems

  • arts
  • poetry
  • dining
  • cooking
  • partying
  • crafts
  • traveling
  • bouldering
  • rock climbing
  • biology
  • neuroscience
  • rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Wings of Desire, Breathless, Vodka Lemon, Cashback, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Nostalgia, Even Dwarves Started Small, Happy People, Battle of Algiers

Bonobo, Django Reinheart, Madlib, Neko Case, Stuff Smith, Billie Holiday, Nalepa, Emancipator, The Talking Heads, the Velvet Underground, CocoRosie, Edith Piaf, Herbie Hancock, Captain Beefheart

Lolita, The Brothers Karamazov, Rumi, Witch of the Portobello, The Stranger, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Trout Fishing in America, Heart of a Dog

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The beginning of the New Mexico rainy season when the red soil washes into the rivers for the first time and makes them look blood red.

3x burning man survivor.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you a few Russian words and cook stuff (former pastry master).

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States

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