CURRENT MISSION

Renewal, Expansion, Self-Discovery

ABOUT ME

I love adventure, family, laughing, learning, friends, nature and metro, exercise and health, science and art.

I absolutely work too hard, but try and make up for it by never becoming complacent. It doesn't help that I LOVE what I do for a living.

Currently, I research the genetics of cystic fibrosis at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. I'm finishing up my research here in May 2012 and am moving to NYC to start my PhD in Genetics and Development at Columbia University in August. I'm so pumped!

PHILOSOPHY

Anything that makes you happy and doesn't harm another, I'm all for

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new to the CS experience, but love the idea

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm actually new to the couch surfing experience as of February 2012, but have hosted my fair share of friends on my couch as well as lived on a couch for a time too!

Interests

Pretty much anything, but especially discovery and learning.

• arts
• make up
• exercise
• surfing
• scuba diving
• genealogy
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

So, so many to list. Best if you just ask :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The sun rising over the alps in Tuscany, Italy. Seeing a white rhinoceros on safari in Africa. The aurora borealis from my bedroom window fairly often when growing up. Scuba diving off Koa Toa in the Gulf of Thailand. Oops, was I really supposed to pick just ONE???

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bermuda, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Monaco, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States