CURRENT MISSION

Travel the world! Learn everything I can.

ABOUT ME

I am a 27-year-old female originally from Buffalo, New York. After earning a Masters degree from the University at Buffalo in School Psychology I relocated to sunny Southern California. I have a variety of interests from traveling, exploring, hiking, reading, and geocaching to eating and sleeping.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am so grateful to all of the hosts that hosted my friend and me on our two week trip around Alaska. I can only hope that someday I will be as great of a host as you all were - thank you!!! With that being said, I cannot wait to move into my new apartment and start hosting Couchsurfers!!!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing made my two week trip to Alaska. Without the generosity of the Couchsurfers I had the opportunity to stay with in Alaska, it wouldn't have been the most epic vacation I've ever taken! They literally made our trip AMAZING! I am so thankful for Couchsurfing!!! I can't wait to host surfers (and continue traveling myself). It is truly an awesome thing to see places from a true locals perspective. Couchsurfing has restored my faith in humanity! To know there are people out there who share their lives with strangers is a beautiful thing.

Interests

Traveling, hiking, backpacking, camping, reading, relaxing, eating, drinking, exploring, kayaking, hammocking... Learning everything I can one day at a time.

• books
• education
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• teaching
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
The Blind Side
Miracle
Big Daddy
Role Models
Into the Wild

Books:
This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Gregory Boyle
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Road tripped to and from Los Angeles, California from Buffalo, New York. Spent a year living in Los Angeles serving with an AmeriCorps program called City Year. Worked in an under resourced middle school in South Los Angeles, amazing.

Stood on the Great Wall of China.

Had an amazing two week adventure exploring Alaska with my childhood best friend - Juneau, Anchorage, Seward, Homer, Denali National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, back to Anchorage - all thanks to Couchsurfing!

Spent 4-weeks in Ecuador with the Ecuador Professional Preparation Program (EPPP). Volunteered in a school, took Spanish lessons in the evenings, traveled on the weekends.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to quilt and would love to teach someone else how to quilt someday. I am passionate about education and hope to share my views with others. I am an avid reader and look forward to sharing and hearing various book recommendations. I'm a life long learner and find other people and their stories fascinating.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would consider myself a responsible and reliable person. I am eager to help with whatever needs to be done and I always maintain a clean living space. While I'm always up for an adventure, I tend to follow any set rules.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, United States