CURRENT MISSION

To meet new people, especially writers and create a global writing community

ABOUT ME

A freelance writer, journalist, blogger, and culture vulture who pays the bills working at a trade school in Long Beach. I teach writing workshops to young adults also.

PHILOSOPHY

Write. Read. Repeat.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Opened account recently (July 2014)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have Couchsurfed in Long Beach, CA, Los Angeles CA, and Jersey City, NJ.

Interests

Writing, reading, listening to NPR, working out, author readings, biking, hiking, yoga (whenever I can), and networking.

• culture
• writing
• yoga
• working out
• reading
• cycling
• hiking
• freelancing
• journalism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Madame Sata, Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Bad Education, What Time is it There?, City of God, and Carandiru

Music: anything indie and hipster-y

Books: Sonny's Blues, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Dhalgren, The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1995, The Crimson Petal and the White, Middlesex, The Heart of Darkness, House of Leaves, and The Other Side of Paradise.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Teaching young minds is the most amazing thing that I've done.

Teach, Learn, Share

Writing. Life skills. Resume writing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am an easy-going person and very calm and collected.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States