CURRENT MISSION

Studying how to become a disease fighting, wellness bringing, make you all better, health care ninja! Or you can call it by its common name, nursing.

ABOUT ME

Environmentalist by education, chef by passion, nomad at heart.

I'm always down to fill up on great food, always in for a big night out. I love to share old stories with new friends and laugh over stupid jokes with smart people. I thrive on being surrounded by people 99% of the time, but cherish the other 1%. I try hard to find the best in bad situations and always give folks the benefit of the doubt. If I can leave this world even marginally better than I found it, I'll consider my life well lived.

PHILOSOPHY
Love, peace, and bacon grease!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCH SURFING
At the heart of any place is its people. By staying with locals, I get to feel the true pulse of a city. In that same way, by welcoming surfers into my home, I get the joy of giving that experience to them.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had an amazing time both surfing and hosting around the US, Europe, and Asia. Hoping to continue as I venture through the next big destination Latin America!

Interests

Food
Night life
Music
Food
Cooking
Disc Golf
Photography
Food
Ultimate
Hiking
Did I mention food?

• pets
• photography
• education
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• cheese
• bbq
• mexican food
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• surfing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Kanye West, The Dirty Heads, Creedence Clearwater Revival, My Chemical Romance, Atmosphere. Swing, 80's hair metal and EDM.

A Map for Saturday, Undercover Brother, Pulp Fiction, Across the Universe.

Historical fiction set where ever I'm travelling at the time and pretty much anything by Bill Bryson.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Couchsurfing in a proper squat in London was quite the experience.

Working as a tour director, getting to travel full time while leading all sorts of folks on amazing experiences in incredible place was pretty amazing as well.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach me your favorite recipe! I love to cook and I'd be happy to share mine with you. In particular, I love slow smoked traditional American BBQ and I can built a pit out of about anything. If you're interested in BBQ, lets get together, build a pit and smoke whatever is the popular beast in your neck of the woods!

I've also got conversational French and beginner Korean under my belt as well so I'd love the opportunity to practice/ share those with you.

I used to work as a tour manager leading tours through many cities across North America, Croatia, New Zealand, and parts of Australia, so I'm happy to share whatever knowledge I can with you and help you plan your next trip around my neck of the woods.

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you can't tell by now I am a huge foodie and chef. I like to take cooking courses wherever I go and I've been collecting recipes from around the world for the past 6 years or so. I'd be happy to make you some awesome French, Croatian, Korean, Chinese or Indian dishes. And I'm from California so obviously bomb Mexican food and American style bbq as well.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Croatia, France, New Zealand, South Korea, United States