CURRENT MISSION

Six countries in 12 months.

ABOUT ME

I'm an American living and studying in the UK. When I'm not translating my slightly southern linguistic patterns/phrases for bewildered locals (I was born and raised in Alabama) you might find me reading, playing tennis, walking, traveling, or writing short stories. I'm also a new convert to the jogging/running clique, and I ran my first 5K this year. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2012, and now I'm studying for my Master's in International Relations at the University of Essex. I hope to use this degree in a career at the State Department, a multinational corporation, or a domestic or international NGO. My options are pretty non-specific -- I'm looking for a foot in the door and I'm willing to work hard when I find it.

In the long-term, I want to travel until I'm desperate for a home base to call my own. And then I want to paint a kitchen, buy investment pieces, live with intentionality, grow my own vegetables on a balcony ten floors from real soil, and inspire someone I'm inspired by.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None thus far -- new to it all!

Interests

• arts
• writing
• running
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• tennis
• international relations

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors/Books:
Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns)
Harper Lee (To Kill A Mockingbird)
Ian McEwan (Atonement)
Kazuo Ishiguro (Never Let Me Go)
Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited)
Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Truman Capote (In Cold Blood, Summer Crossing)
...and many others.

TV Shows:
Homeland, House of Cards, Mad Men, Sherlock, Girls, Downton Abbey, Freaks & Geeks.

Music:
Bastille, The 1975, The Decemberists, Ellie Goulding, Florence and the Machine, Lana Del Rey, Imogen Heap, Kate Rusby, Nickel Creek, The Civil Wars, Marina and the Diamonds, The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Alabama Shakes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed Masada in Israel and swam in the Dead Sea afterward. I'll never forget either experience.