ABOUT ME

Currently living in Birmingham, AL, where I did most of my growing up, though I was born in Washington, DC, and had stints living in the Netherlands, Australia, & Japan in my formative years. As such, I'm sort of a pseudo-third culture kid, and travelling is something I love and undertake enthusiastically whenever possible.

I was a History major in college (Union College in Schenectady, NY & Rice University in Houston)

I'm a fan of things like books, music (indie rock, punk, classical), film, novel dining experiences, and nature. I especially love being in the desert. I love meeting people when I'm travelling, or when I'm not and they are. So I figure CS is pretty ideal for that.

Interests

Travel, languages, reading fiction & history, playing guitar & bass, tutoring urban youths, walking my dog (ridgeback/pit mix... it is believed), harnessing my sometimes scattershot thinking re: the future.

• dogs
• culture
• books
• dining
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• history
• languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lots o things. In 2010 I went on a 11,000 mile, 3 month road trip around the country with my best friend, a NYer, in my now-deceased Subaru Outback. We were recently out of school, underemployed, and it was amazing beyond description to see most of America at a leisurely pace, while developing a greater confidence in our ability to improvise and be self-sufficient. It was travel at its best, or that's what it felt like.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia, Netherlands, United States