Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
Tend to have a Global Perspective
Conservationist/Environmentalist/Green Political Party
Enjoy Pubs/Microbrews
Easy Going

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My exposure to immigrants while: 1) living in The Bay Area 2) attending Holy Names College/University 3) & as a former US Peace Corps Volunteer has slated me to perceive issues and individuals with a more Global conciseness. I'd love my city and am eager to display it as only a native can to a visitor. I know all the "off the beaten paths" only privy to us Locals.

Interests

1.Gardening (specifically Orchids & Irises)
2.Creating Music Playlist for individuals or occasions
3.Car Camping-Hiking
4.Catholicism
5.Impresionalism Art/Artists
6.People Watching (Downtown SF @ lunchtime is GREAT)
7.Digital Photography-Residential Architecture/Architects-Frank Lloyd Wright
8.Biology,Astronomy,Ecology
9.Attending Art Receptions

• arts
• architecture
• photography
• partying
• pub crawls
• gardening
• music
• hiking
• camping
• catholic
• astronomy
• biology
• communications
• ecology
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music(Soul, R&B, Rap, New Wave, Chamber Music, Disco, Grunge, Easy Rock, Punk, 80-90's Old School, Miles Davis)

Books(Catcher In The Rye, The Idiot, The Bible, 1984, Animal Farm,F451,Great Gatsby, The Wheel of Time Series, Siddhartha, Death of Ivan Ilych, The Origin, Epic of Gilgamesh, The Metamorphosis, The Stranger

Movies(Mahabharata,Tombstone,Dune,Lords of the Rings,Star Wars,Ran,Sound of Music, Akira, Tron, Lawrence of Arabia, Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Made it an annual event to spend Christmas & Christmas Eve at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse Hostel with International Hostellers in Pescadero, CA.

Peace Corps

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm Learning 1.How to grow Orchids 2.How to GoPro

I can : Teach a love for nature

Love to: Share my City-Oakland

What I Can Share with Hosts

A "TRUER perspective" of Multicultural Oakland unbiased by the USA Media

Countries I’ve Visited

New Zealand, Singapore

Countries I’ve Lived In

Tonga