ABOUT ME

I am an English teacher and aspiring children's book illustrator. I enjoy going for walks, meeting people, reading, writing and drawing.

Interests

I'm interested in art and literature. I spend a lot of my free time reading novels and drawing.

Music, Movies, and Books

The Apartment, Talk to Her, The Children's Hour, The Girl in the Cafe, Pan's Labyrinth, Kurosawa's Dreams, Coraline, There Will Be Blood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Heavenly Creatures, The Giant Mechanical Man, Marwencol, The Lives of Others, Wanderlust

Vladimir Nabokov, Herman Melville, Elizabeth McCracken, graphic novels, YA novels, Julio Cortazar, John Green, Elizabeth Strout, Kevin Wilson, Ann Patchett, Lucia Berlin

Tom Waits, jazz, Sufjan Stevens, Cassandra Wilson, Talking Heads, Rufus Wainwright

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Exploring the wilderness in Alaska, watching glaciers from a hot tub on a yacht.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English lessons, drawing lessons, and creative writing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, South Korea, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Qatar, South Korea, Turkey, United States