Hello!! My name is Mattie! I am originally from Cleveland Ohio but since I graduated college in 2015 I lived in Oregon and now Ukraine! I am an English teacher and work with youth development!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Now that I live in Ukraine, I am ready to travel all around Europe! I am excited to met new people and experience new cultures!

Interests

• yoga
• reading
• hiking
• kayaking
• volleyball
• swimming
• softball
• volunteering
• watching films
• hiking in the mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I have a lot of music interests. I listen to everything from Louie Armstrong, to Adele, to Head and the Heart, to Kid Cudi and many more. As for movies I am also a big fan of a variety of films! Just to name a few, I love Gone Girl, Clue, Fight Club (i'm breaking the first rule for this profile), any Quentin Tarantino film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Trainwreck and many more! Books, I just started a book club this year! Some of the books we read were Wild, Small Great Things, Breathe, Everything's Illuminated and 13 Reasons why.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Sky diving, traveling across america, hiking up 2 mountains

Teach, Learn, Share

I share my life experiences, I want to learn about new cultures and history and I teach you how to be silly, about american culture, about Ukrainian culture and how to sing some terrible karaoke!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my enthusiasm to travel and learn about new cultures!

My silliness, sarcasm and my bad jokes!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine