I grew up in Michigan, was born in Russia, lived in Chicago, Colorado, Ecuador, and now Washington state. Nature, travel, and learning are all important to me. I like experiencing little slices of the lives of others.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My friend Ferris and I allowed to work remotely for a few weeks as we travel - so would love to share space with anyone kind enough to share some wifi, and then explore new areas and new connections ( will help you make dinner or tidy up the house, if you'd like). I much prefer staying with friends/hostels/CS hosts when I travel - my experiences with CS so far have all been wonderful, safe, and fun.

Interests

rock climbing, reading, exploring cities, attending talks/lectures, podcasts, soccer, biking, volleyball, mejorando mi español, bars, museums, running, concerts, hiking, comedy

• politics
• reading
• traveling
• rock climbing
• soccer
• biology
• geography
• study

Music, Movies, and Books

tunes: any blues from the mississippi delta, reggaetón, garage rock, classical piano and cello, rap, russian folk music, salsa caleña

books: usually nonfiction (most recently city planning stuff like 'death and life of great american cities' and 'traffic'), sometimes philosophy (most recently foucault, kierkegaard, arendt). if fiction - ted chiang, fear and loathing in las vegas, murakami, GOT, john steinbeck/

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

successfully caught a sandwich thrown at me while i was riding a bike

Teach, Learn, Share

- taught ESL to middle school kids for a summer in Colombia
- volunteered at hostels, the best one was in Ecuador where I led group hikes up a volcano
- i lived in co-op in college for a year where we hosted couchsurfers in our basement :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

- will practice russian/spanish/english with you
- cooking/cleaning up after
- can jam on guitar/piano/bass
- will complain about politics with you
- belay partner
- good conversation (i mean, hopefully. what if i'm actually the most boring person??)
- running partner

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States