I'm from the United States, but currently live and work in Paris as an English teacher at a bilingual elementary school. I love reading, writing, yoga, language-learning, cooking, and singing (though not necessarily well!).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people from around the world!

Interests

• cooking
• reading
• travel
• writing poetry

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Shakey Graves, Hindi Zahra, Nina Simona, Arctic Monkeys, mid-2000s pop/hip-hop if I'm out for a dance

Books: poets: Aracelis Girmay, Ocean Vuong, Danez Smith, Lucille Clifton, Cummings, Plath...I could go on.
novels: Beloved, House of the Spirits, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Poisonwood Bible, Cracking India

Movies: Persepolis, Loving Vincent, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Dark Knight

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a month working (and sleeping in) a bookshop in Santorini, Greece

Countries I’ve Visited

China, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Morocco, United Kingdom, United States