CURRENT MISSION

To travel and meet funky people all around the globe

ABOUT ME

I enjoy meeting all kinds of people to share a cup of coffee, tea, meal, or walk through a city or countryside. I grew up traveling across the USA with my family of 5, camping and hiking all along the way. A mini van and small pop up camper can be a bit tight at times! I finished my undergraduate degree in 2009 in communication disorders. From here I moved to Asheville, NC and worked with some amazing individuals with Autism. From here I moved to Charleston, SC and worked as a speech therapist for a year before deciding to pick up and move to Spain for a year or so. I am in Ronda working at a study abroad program for students to learn Spanish. I actually studied here for 6 months in 2007 and am excited to be back. I am also working on my masters and teaching English, so some days I do not have much free time to hang out or show people around.

I would love to host people or meet for coffee if there is anyone coming through the small, but beautiful, town of Ronda.

PHILOSOPHY

Karma. People who smile. Learning all I can. Treat every person like I want to be treated and then some...because we all know how badly we can treat ourselves sometimes. Believe in people until they give you a reason not to. And then, give second chances. Meditation. Home cooked meals with great people. Getting lost in a new city or town. Camping under the stars. Full moons. New food and lots of veggies.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am open to possibly hosting people on my couch. I am definitely open to meeting for a drink and am hoping to meet some wonderful people when I travel to other cities in Europe and Africa.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to official couchsurfing. Unofficially though I have been hosting and staying on new friends´ couches for years and meeting people in cafes, plazas, and restaurants. So far I have hosted 7 people and have more people planned and every experience has been wonderful and different. My favorite CS experiences so far have been hiking in the gorge with 2 different surfers.

Interests

Traveling and meeting new people of course! Reading, hiking, camping, swimming in all bodies of water possible.

• dining
• coffee
• meditation
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• camping
• paragliding
• swimming
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Up, 21 grams,

Music: The Everybody Fields, Mandolin Orange, Uncle Mountain, Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Bob Dylan, Langhorne Slim, Justin Townes Earle, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Ray Lamontagne, Doc Watson, Rilo Kiley, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

Books: Pillars of the Earth and World Without End are my most recent favorites

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Night hiked to the highest point in the Sahara desert under a full moon and then sleeping in a Berber tent village.

Paragliding over lake Atitlan in Guatemala

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States