Hi! We are Zach and Lauren and we're the happiest, danciest, dorkiest couple that'll ever crash your couch. I mean, crash ON your couch. It's not like we'd think about sitting single-file on your couch, clutching invisible steering wheels and humming verm-vermm noises until we crashed and rolled away. No, that would be strange, unless of course you were doing it with us.

Anyways, weirdness aside, we're pretty a pretty chill group and like to kick back and get to know people. We're from Chicago (L) and South Carolina (Z) respectively, having met at the Florida State Film School in 2009 and moving to Los Angeles post-graduation, where we've now resided for going on three years with a bunch of other friends and classmates from FSU.

What do we do? Well, Zach creates messages for young girls that they can be strong and brave and complex and heroic through film screenplays that delight and empower no matter the genre, and Lauren generates thought-provoking convo's for the average adult via documentary film and TV. That being said, we're both still fresh into our careers and just barely on our ways.

Which brings us to traveling -- why not? We'd love to get to know more of you and your stories and your places while we're on our journeys. Until then!

<3

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hoping to do this North West road trip for UNDER $500/ea. A more interesting way to travel, anyways.

Interests

Zach and Lauren have similar interests:
FILMMAKING
BOOKS
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
TENNIS
CHOCOLATE

• books
• documentaries
• film making
• chocolate
• tv
• traveling
• soccer
• tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Books?
Infinite Jest - the only book to make Lauren laugh out loud every time
To Kill A Mockingbird
Zach likes fantasy

Movies?
Hoh boy. Where to start.

Music?
Contemporary pop (indie, electro, folk), Beatles and stuff

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lauren - Directed a short doc that went to Cannes
Zach - Directed a university commercial that still plays on ESPN during college football season

What I Can Share with Hosts

So many things! We try to be as gracious as we can while mooching, and are happy to stay up a while and share stories and get to know you.

Countries I’ve Visited

England, Mexico, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain