CURRENT MISSION

"Keep close to nature's heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. - John Muir

ABOUT ME

I'm a science teacher living life in Brooklyn. I'm pretty easy going and love to hear about others and their experiences. Good beer and good conversation and trees are my favorite things.

PHILOSOPHY

The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you. - Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfin & Hostin

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed in Lake Tahoe and in Seattle and both were great experiences, I've met other surfers through a friend and they were great, I saw how one connection could lead to another... and another!

Interests

I can talk about education and social justice in the USA forever so if you want to talk about about then lets do it! Haha but if not I'm really into seeing live music, I'm a science nerd, I want to hear about places you've traveled and your experience there, I love food and like cooking too. I love sports, biking, being active and I'm an avid hiker and tent camper. Trees fascinate me.

• dining
• cooking
• politics
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• hiking
• sports
• soccer
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Any good thought provoking movie is good with me!

Music: Anything I haven't heard before... I'm open to new things. Personally here are some bands I'm listening to now; LCD Soundsystem Radiohead, Black Keys, Modest Mouse, Chance the Rapper, Maggie Rogers, Daft Punk, Sylvan Esso, Ludovico Einaudi, The Shins.

Currently reading: Blindness by jose saramago

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I got a bike business to donate 20 unbuilt bikes to my school and I had my 6th grade science students build the bikes. Super fun, I'm not sure if it was amazing but those 6th graders will remember the science class they built bikes in.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: How to make great Scrambled eggs ever (hint: you need sriracha), how to do a rainbow move in soccer, things about science!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States