CURRENT MISSION

Social justice and equity for all.

ABOUT ME

I am currently getting my masters in education in Boston. I was formerly an attorney. My passion is social justice.

PHILOSOPHY

I must always ask myself: "what would happen if everyone did what I am doing."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'll stay wherever, whenever. I just want to experience another culture as fully as possible. I think that's the most important part of travel.

Interests

everything. too much to list.
travel. reading. politics. religious discussions. spirituality. fun. friends. family! photography. soccer. playing sports. writing. coffee. research. my job. languages. learning. teaching. airplanes. music. foreign movies. indie films. concerts. law.

• culture
• writing
• photography
• concerts
• education
• coffee
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• sports
• soccer
• teaching
• languages
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Amores Perros, Win Win, The Science of Sleep, Babel, Munich, Fateless, Once, The Lives of Others, Walk on Water, American History X, Yossi and Jagger, Everything is Illuminated, Pan's Labyrinth...
Music: Damian Marley, Bob Marley, Immortal Technique, Lisa Hannigan, Velvet Underground, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Fiery Furnaces, Miles Davis, Feist, Lupe Fiasco, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Lupe Fiasco, the Swell Season, Devotchka, Radiohead, Talib Kweli, Lauryn Hill, Mos Def, Black Star, Amir Sulaiman, Ramallah Underground, Jason Mraz, Bright Eyes, Feist, Cat Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, Swell Season, Desaparecidos, The Decemberists, Regina Spektor, Ray LaMontagne, and too many more to name.
Books: Existentialism is a Humanism, The Trial (Kafka), In Cold Blood, Wretched of the Earth, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Savage Inequalities, The Prophet, Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, Night by Elie Wiesel, Howl by Allen Ginsberg, On The Road by Jack Kerouac, Delights and Shadows by Ted Kooser, I have to throw in some Palahniuk, Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie, Maus I & II by Art Spiegelman, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Still Life With Woodpecker and Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, Mother Night, Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse Five (and more) by Kurt Vonnegut, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and, of course, Everything is Illuminated, both by Jonathan Safran Foer, and more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

stories are best told in person.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share about United States law.... if you'd really want that. ha

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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