Mother of four grown children, several foster children and exchange students
Director of hundreds
Teacher of thousands
Friend of all

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I don't have a lot of money but I like to travel

Interests

Reading
Running: I have a goal of running a marathon in every state. (35 so far)
Theater: I direct, choreograph, build sets, play cello, act
Travel: Love national parks, hiking, museums, exploring new places

• theater
• marathon
• running
• reading
• traveling
• teaching
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Recent Books: All the Light We Cannot See, Handmaid's Tale, Born a Crime, Everybody Lies
Music: many performers
Musicals - Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, Rent, Spring Awakening, Spamalot, Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress
Movies: Princess Bride, Forest Gump, Green Mile
TV: Big Bang, How I Met Your Mother, Simpsons, Fawlty Towers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met Barack Obama and he told me I was doing a good job :D
Taught in India
Visited Chernobyl
Lived in the wilderness in Yellowstone

What I Can Share with Hosts

Knowledge of science, theater, history

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Mexico, Namibia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States