My partner, Melina, and I have two toddlers (boys), and we almost always travel together.

Our goals are to create an integrative life, full of exploration, joy and community. This also includes looking for cracks in oppressive regimes and breaking them open. We enjoy arguments in which everyone walks away better than they arrived, but we absolutely will not tolerate racist, sexist, anti-Indigenous or homophobic speech.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The world is made up of people, not corporations, and Couchsurfing is one small attempt to recuperate all that's lost when we reduce human interactions to monetary exchanges.

Interests

I love all things arts and outdoors; people doing what they love and sharing it; nuanced opinions.

• arts
• literature
• outdoor activities
• scholarship

Music, Movies, and Books

Innumerable; based on time, place and mood.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching my partner give birth to both of our sons at home.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: gardening, sewing, small mechanical tasks, writing processes, critical theory

Learn: Everything I can

Share: meals and meal-preparation, adventure stories, ideas

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, listening, gardening, reading lists ...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States