-Vegan for ~19 years

-Love reading, running, rock climbing, swimming, hiking

-former Public School Teacher- 7 years (elementary and ms)

-Covid vaccinated (2+2 boosters)

Happy to show vaccination card in advance.

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Long Version

I have a background in education and was a public school music teacher for several years. I love the part of education that involves figuring out how different people think, what makes individuals want to change, what’s motivational, and how best to support learning and positive progress. Now in my 30s, I'm feeling like I need to do more to improve the environment and create a more cruelty-free world. I have been a vegan since I first learned about and fully comprehended the treatment of animals in agriculture (when I was around 12 years old), and a vegetarian several years before then. I do my best to live an environmentally conscious lifestyle, and continually try to do (or not do) even more. I look forward to a day when all the food I consume and textiles I use are grown veganically or created in a vegan and environmentally sustainable way.

I'm a traveling Alexander Technique teacher for the next few years, while I visiting and network with Veganic growers around the world. I‘m scheduling Alexander workshops for rock climbers, string students and teachers (particularly Suzuki method schools)... potentially public school teachers and runners as well. I would also like to share the Alexander Technique with Veganic farmers I plan to visit and working towards planning Vegan Alexander Technique retreats to introduce Alexander Technique to the vegan community.

At some point I would like to go back to school to study neuroscience and behavioral science in relation to education (specifically in relation to what motivates people to want to change, and what enables people to realize the change they want).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people with similar/complementary interests….

Whether that’s going rock climbing or working together on sustainable/vegan projects

Potentially networking with vegan/sustainable communities

And to get out of my car for a night or so :)

Interests

• running
• reading
• rock climbing
• alexander technique

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite books from the last few years :)

Noam Chomsky-What kind of creatures are we?
Robert Sapolsky- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert Sapolsky- A Primate’s Memoir
Cornel West- Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir
Loung Ung- First They Killed My Father
Alicia Garza- The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart
Slavenka Drakulić- S.
Heda Margolius Kovály- Under a Cruel Star
Rebecca Solnit- Hope in the dark : untold histories, wild possibility
Virginia Postrel- The fabric of civilization : how textiles made the world
F. Powers- The Overstory : a novel
George Orwell- Homage to Catalonia
Most Robert Heinlein books

I read these a long time ago, but I still remember enjoying them at the time.

John Irving- Cider House Rules
Ken Follett- The Pillars of the Earth
Orson Scott Card- Ender’s Game Series
Orson Scott Card- Enchantment
Kate DiCamillo- The Tale of Despereaux

Teach, Learn, Share

Alexander Technique
Vegan/sustainable lifestyle
Rock climbing (unofficially and indoor)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Chocolate/chai drinks in my vitamix (vegan, no refined sugar, nut free, can be raw)

Alexander Technique intro

Rock climbing belationship (though very short term =P)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Germany, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States