CURRENT MISSION

I just want to do the best I can while I'm here and contribute something bigger than my own existence.

ABOUT ME

I'm a spirited young woman who loves globetrotting, possibly because I was raised by two former travel agents who would always take me and my brothers along on vacation. They emphasized good food, education and travel!

I like to think that I am well versed, well educated and well traveled. Easy to talk to, work makes me neurotic, traveling makes me happy :D

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I joined just now because I want to go to Marseille next weekend but have no place to stay :(

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

N/A

Interests

Neuroscience, psychology, thrift shops, cats, cooking, books (the real kind), film (sci-fi/dark humor/drama), vinyl, museum visits, live shows, bodies of water, sunny (aka warm) weather, outreach activities (gotta get these kids interested in science!), blogging (houseofmind.tumblr.com).

• cats
• writing
• books
• coachella
• education
• dining
• cooking
• thrifting
• traveling
• blogging
• volleyball
• teaching
• neuroscience
• psychology
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books (and plays):
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Zoo Story by Edward Albee
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
1984/Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
Insularismo by Antonio S. Pedreira
Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling
Graphic novels (Maus I & II, Persepolis, Black Hole)

Music: (haven't updated in a while, but a pretty good idea)
http://www.last.fm/user/IndieInside/charts?rangetype=overall&subtype=artists

Movies:
Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill (Tarantino)
Mallrats, Clerks (Kevin Smith)
Natural Born Killers
Manhattan, Annie Hall (Allen)

TV (I have seen every episode of...)
Weeds
Breaking Bad
Arrested Development
Coupling
Party Down
Bored to Death

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Coachella 2009
Random travels around Wisconsin with a stranger who shortly turned into a friend. Met so many unique people in so little time!
I saw New Order live. End of story.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help you practice Spanish, help with grant-writing (or writing in general), teach you how to play volleyball, give you suggestions on what to do/where to go in NYC, answer neuroscience/psych related questions and show you how to make tostones.

I hate studying but love learning (hence why I want a career in academia).

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Honduras, Italy, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Puerto Rico