I’m Rachel! I’m 22 years old and currently studying graphic design, minoring in art history in Richmond VA. I’m obsessed with history, art, and learning in different contexts.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love learning, and if I can learn from and meet people from as many walks of life as possible I will have lived a successful life!

Interests

• arts
• design
• graphic design
• swing dancing
• gardening
• traveling
• painting
• music
• guitar
• piano
• hiking
• art history
• history
• nature
• organic gardening
• clarinet
• jewelry making

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite music is jazz, funk, psychedelic rock, and R&B (The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Funkadelic, King Gizzard, Khruangbin, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Erykah Badu, Phish, Crumb, Talking Heads, The Cure)

Favorite movies are Amélie, O Brother Where Art Thou, Moonrise Kingdom, Big Fish, and Lady Bird

Favorite books are One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Illustrated Man, and Leaves of Grass

Teach, Learn, Share

Will be traveling to Merida, MX to research the immersive art and architecture and spirituality of the ancient Maya!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation (and lots of it), vegetarian recipes, a place to stay if you’re ever in Richmond, playlists, art things

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), Slovenia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States