I’m a PhD student in Applied Linguistics.

Returned Peace Corps volunteer and Jane Austen addict.

Interests

Traveling, reading, tea, anything with passionfruit.

• reading
• traveling
• surfing
• teaching
• languages
• volunteering
• linguistics
• tea

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Pride and Prejudice (and everything else Jane Austen wrote), North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Movies: A Knight’s Tale, Ever After, Mamma Mia!

Music: Lenka, Regina Spektor, Ingrid Michaelson, Kacey Musgraves, Mumford and Sons, The Wailin' Jennys, Gabrielle Aplin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Um, I think joining the Peace Corps and moving to Panama was pretty amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English, Spanish, Jane Austen trivia, which grocery stores in Panama sell the best American candy

Learn: Surfing (on waves, not couches), scuba diving, languages besides English and Spanish

Share: my love of Tucson (current home)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Colombia, England, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, United States