I am a 28-year-old producer who quit my job in video production to come travel with my younger sister/best friend Gretchen. I have worked in news, indie film and reality TV, but also have experience in marketing and corporate communications. I graduated in 2012 from Western Washington University but started my undergrad at the University of Colorado, Boulder. I'm an extremely independent, insatiably curious, open minded person with a dream to design a sustainable, digitally nomadic, full life.

I am currently traveling with my younger sister, Gretchen (she is the person who looks just like me in my profile pictures:). Gretchen is an extremely talented graphic designer with a business degree from Loyola Marymount University. We are two peas in a pod and, after living apart for our college years, decided it was time to take the trip of a lifetime and bought one-way tickets to Melbourne, Australia in 2016. We are both trying to make the freelance lifestyle work for us and allow us to continue discovering more of this beautiful planet we get to call home.

We are both in a period of transition with our lives right now. Thankfully our decisions to quit our jobs lined up! We have taken this opportunity to pause and reflect on where we are in life and where we want to be going. Our biggest dream (currently) is to combine our skillsets and produce our own creative content that documents the experience of introspection during travel.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

CS has been a very surprising experience for me and my sister. We surfed for the first time in Munich in September of 2017. Given some horror stories we heard, I can honestly say we were pretty worried about it (our backup plan being grabbing our shit and running if things got weird). But thankfully this was never necessary.

CS has restored my faith in meeting strangers across the world. Traveling can make you pretty misanthropic... something the blogs rarely talk about. (For example, I'm pretty sure my sister and I will never seek out the hostel life ever again.)

I have truly enjoyed the hospitality exchange with everyone I've met through this platform and intend to become a host where(when)ever I settle next!

兴趣

• writing
• photography
• documentaries
• film making
• music festivals
• wine
• coffee
• yoga
• minimalism
• podcasts
• music
• live music
• piano
• backpacking
• camping
• skiing
• snowboarding
• tennis
• volleyball
• entrepreneurship
• solo travel
• travel
• football
• tea
• film
• biking
• craft beer
• whiskey
• local food
• healthy eating
• local history
• online marketing
• playing piano
• teaching english
• video production
• digital marketing
• women's rights
• dogs and cats
• hot yoga
• health and fitness
• tv production
• local politics

音乐、电影和书籍

BOOKS
Pale Blue Dot, The Road, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Siddhartha, Shutter Island, Of Mice and Men, Atonement, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***

MOVIES
Stanely Kubrick, Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Coen Brothers, Darren Aronofsky

MUSIC
Punch Brothers, Goat Rodeo, Shakey Graves, Gorillaz, RHCP, Arcade Fire, Future Islands, Talking Heads, Prince, Tom Petty, Nirvana, Paul Simon, Lord Echo, Rhye, Tame Impala, Frank Ocean, Chance, Kendrick, SZA, D'Angelo, Alt J, Father John Misty

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Climbed Mt. Rainier in 2014, went skydiving in 2015, and then bought a one-way ticket to Melbourne in 2016.

教，学，和分享

TEACH
We can teach English, the Adobe Creative Suite programs, production management, piano, branding, and pet/babysit if you need!

LEARN
We would like to learn more about new languages and cuisines, philosophy, local politics, and the history of the countries we are visiting.

SHARE
I am comfortable with most Canon equipment as well as Nikon, knowledgeable about production management, and am improving my abilities in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Audacity (audio editing).
I am an avid practitioner of yoga and hope to get my teacher training certification in January 2018. I can also tickle some ivories if given the chance;)

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Some crazy travel stories, good books/documentaries/music, and beer and wine. :)

我游览过的国家

Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

Australia, United States