CURRENT MISSION

explore south america and make new friends

ABOUT ME

I am an artist: painter and sculptor. I love street art, public art and arts of all kinds. I am passionate about dancing, doing yoga, and cooking. I am a RPCV (returned Peace Corps volunteer), serving in Peru as an environmental management volunteer.

PHILOSOPHY

I think life can be perpetually fun, beautiful, and interesting. There is always more to be explored and learned, but having a solid sense of home in your heart is good.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am just starting out, and interested in meeting people as hosts in the South American cities I'm traveling to!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have just started couchsurfing in South America and am excited to meet new people, awesome enough to let me crash at their places!

Interests

I love the visual arts, painting, sketching, writing poems,etc. I love trying new food, eating delicious food and cooking, I am interested in the worlds' cultures, especially indigenous peoples, preserving customs and languages, I love dancing, practicing yoga, hiking, backpacking, nature in general. I really like good movies, good reads, and good stories and music.

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• street art
• sketching
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• yoga
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• languages
• visual arts
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Shantaram, Invisible Man, Tuck Everlasting, The Giver, The Glass Castle, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz.

Reggae, folk, world music, downtempo, etc. etc.

What Dreams May Come, Forrest Gump, Chocolate, Moulin Rouge, Pleasantville,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rafted down the Amazon river for three days in a race, on a balsa wood raft, through a lightning rain storm.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yoga, Art, English

Portuguese please!

Cooking, Laughing, life stories and experiences, a drink, a coffee, exploration.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, United States