Hi! I'm a restless and open-minded twenty-something (currently stuck in the body of a law student) who is fond of long walks, long swims, and long conversations. I like to explore cities by walking or cycling. I enjoy food, even the burnt and the over-spiced. I also like sketching and taking photos. I love the outdoors.

Interests

Reading, drawing, cooking, swimming, cycling, hiking, photography, writing letters/postcards, cinema, chatting about politics and books, exploring, and coffee!

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Cake, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Cécile McLorin Salvant

Movies: The Talented Mr. Ripley, Good Will Hunting, Misery, Spotlight, The Shawshank Redemption, anything by Nora Ephron, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Juzo Itami, Wes Anderson, Wong Kar-Wai, Shunji Iwai, Ang Lee, Hayao Miyazaki, and Whit Stillman, and documentaries

Books: Americanah, The Folded Clock, The New Jim Crow, anything by Nabokov, George Saunders, Junot Diaz, Andrew Solomon, Jeffrey Eugenides, Nora Ephron, and Murakami, Invisible Man, biographies of Teddy Roosevelt, Middlemarch, and lots of cookbooks

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Finishing a marathon, tutoring prisoners, and sitting in an outdoors Japanese hot spring on top of a mountain while watching the snow fall.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Chinese and Japanese, cooking, yoga, how not to dance

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, drawings, and a healthy dose of curiosity

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Japan, United States