I am originally from Colorado and recently returned after 5 years living in China! I am a math teacher but I’m currently on a gap year from work so I cannot offer you a place to stay. However, I’m happy to meet up!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’ve met some amazing people from all over the world! I appreciate the generosity that couchsurfers always have for each other.

Interests

• dancing
• vegetarian
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• rock climbing
• teaching
• history
• mathematics
• cinema
• social justice
• caving
• birding
• queer culture
• pigeon whistles

Music, Movies, and Books

Old movies, documentaries, foreign films, silent films. Salsa, jazz, Peking opera, tango, baile funk, techno, free jazz, post-punk, power pop, doom metal, rumba, opera, afrobeat, cumbia, bachata, folk music. Alll of it! Historical fiction, science fiction, nonfiction, victorian horror, graphic novels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming through a cave in Vietnam.

Hmm can it be two? Second would be going on a horse trek led by Tibetan nomads through China that a friend organized in order to find a mountain lake she had seen on a map.

Teach, Learn, Share

Spanish/English. Math.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lovely conversation and willingness to go on adventures!

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Colombia, United States