CURRENT MISSION

live | fully | deeply | honestly

ABOUT ME

part artist, part botany geek.

love microbrews, vegetables, fruits, couscous, and quinoa.

i'm friendly and get along with all sorts of people, and love to learn about life from anyone. i enjoy photography, dancing, walks out in nature, long conversations, reading and writing, and will probably say 'yes' to just about any new experience that comes my way.

i'm passionate, love life, and am always planning my next adventure.

PHILOSOPHY

do.
be.
love.
experience.
learn.
try.
keep trying.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i have had a number of people both whom i have known and not known open their homes to me, and it is always wonderful to get to know a new person, where they are coming from (literally and metaphorically). sometimes it brings a tear to my eye to experience such generosity. in turn, i love to offer others a new and genuine experience and a little piece of my world.

I am also willing to host! but I changed my profile because I kept getting last minute requests from people, and also I travel a lot for fun and work, and kept having to turn people down. I'd prefer to be a "yes" person! and offer a place when it is possible for me to do so.

Interests

• writing
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• illustrations
• dancing
• dining
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• guitar
• piano

Music, Movies, and Books

on my limited bookshelf right now: 100 years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez, neruda's odes, and some spanish and botanical reference guides.

movies: anything david attenborough, amelie, boondock saints, napoleon dynamite, waking life, winged migration, rivers and tides, brazil

a lot of bluegrass, folk, latin, gypsy, world, rock, dance.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

installed an edible forest garden at my college, organizing a bunch of students to educate, demonstrate, and lay a foundation for a more sustainable method of food production.

Teach, Learn, Share

sustainability (esp with respect to food and human-landscape interactions), environmentalish sorts of things. artish sorts of things, photography, botanical illustration. graphic design. guitar and piano.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Ecuador, United States

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