CURRENT MISSION

I seek to incorporate the lessons I've learned from the seeming imbalance of the world through my travels to fulfill my duty as a student of life.

ABOUT ME

Enough about me! I recognize that there is a time to be serious (like not on the weekends. Or holidays. Or stressful situations.). I read books, sew clothes, bake like crazy, volunteer, and pursue social enterprise ventures as I find them. I paint/decoupage every place I move into to make it mine, and love to garden. I prefer Action to any other genre of movie. I'm addicted to travel, and real corn tortillas that you can only get in the southwest USA or Mexico. I finished my Global Finance, Trade, and Economic Integration Master's Degree, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to eat, laugh, and experience as much as possible. There are never enough hours in the day. I like to play my record player.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Provide a couch/advice, use couches/advice.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Mostly hosted.

Interests

Records, Meditation, Cooking, Economic Development, International Affairs, Social Enterprise, Volunteering, Comedy, Books, Garrison Keillor, Globalization, NGO's, Foreign Service, Non-profits, Co-workers, grant implementation, blog, clothes, singer-songwriters, My Best Friends.

• books
• music festivals
• festivals
• cooking
• meditation
• gardening
• clothing
• traveling
• blogging
• painting
• music
• anthropology
• teaching
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

music- Woody Guthrie
Bob Dylan
Townes Van Zandt
Bon IverCrystal SandsRyan Adamsthe Mountain GoatsDuke EllingtonBand of HorsesRegina SpektorDeath CabFestivalMountain MusicThe New Modest MouseJack JohnsonJack BlackBob DylanNORAAdeleDaniel BaileyDaniel John SchaferThe GillsEl FuegoEminemMisstallicaWu-TangYumi And The SystemDolly PartonMt. DesolationDavid CookAin't Talkin' 'Bout Dub - Apollo 440Counting CrowsWhite StripesJim CroceCCROtisElvisMargot & the Nuclear So and So'sAllstar WeekendThe BohemericansGreen Label SoundThe Hood InternetConor Oberst and the Mystic Valley BandJoel LeviTodd Snider

Books-Confessions of an Economic Hitman
The Screwtape Letters
Siddhartha
The Alchemist
A life of own's ownAll the Pretty HorsesLife on the Color LineUnder the Banner of HeavenMountains Beyond MountainsThe RoadThe World Is FlatHave a Little FaithHeidi, her first hundred yearsUtopiaBag of BonesThe Brothers Karamazov1984Eat, Pray, LoveThree Cups of TeaA Problem from HellSoldAngerPacking InfernoBluebeardSlaughterhouse-FiveTouching PeacePride and PrejudiceAll Things Bright and BeautifulJane EyreRevolution in World MissionsTuesdays with MorrieThe Jesus I Never KnewSchott's MiscellanyWuthering HeightsRestavacAnythingAnneRice

movies- American: The Bill Hicks Story
Some Like It Hot
The Inside Job
Where the Wild Things Are
Funny PeopleDie HardMaking a Killing the Untold Story of PsyBeneath the VeilThe Exorcism of Emily RoseWALL•EWaiting for "Superman"Terror StormBombiesWal-Mart: The High Cost of Low PriceTwiligDirty DancingA World Without WaterFight ClubOld SchoolWes AndersonJames Bond filmGhosts of RwandaCon AirAction moviesRobin Hood: Men in TightsPride & PrejudiceNapoleon DynamiteLoptaPretty Woman

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. Climbed the World Peace Pagoda in Pokhara, Nepal with dear friends

2. Reunited my Grandpa with his estranged daughter

3. Witnessed my best friends kids growing up

4. Attended and wrote for music festivals all over the country

5. Cliff jumped and bon fired in the U.S. South... Just everything I've done in Nashville. I Nashvilled.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach- I know that EVERY person has a trait/quality that the world needs. As a development specialist, I identify this trait and can plug it into society where it may be best utilized. I'd love to meet you and let you know what I think. Let's talk!

Also, traveling is the single most important teacher and I think that is because people who travel are people who try and have their eyes open to the human condition.

Want to learn about cultures and sub cultures, even within the US. I'd like to identify unmet needs for the anthropologist in me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories?

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Germany, Haiti, Italy, Nepal, Senegal, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Senegal, United States