CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to do remarkable things, meet remarkable people, learn a ton, and have a great time while doing it.

ABOUT ME

I am a 24 year old English teacher living in Berkeley, CA. I am friendly and open, and am always ready to make new friends or catch up with old ones. I love to travel but am living on a shoestring budget. I am a clean, conscientious, and grateful house guest.

PHILOSOPHY

Treat others how you would like to be treated. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate as a guest and would love to finally participate as a host now that I have a place of my own. I try to share my personality and experiences with my hosts and guests while learning from theirs as well.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed extremely successfully in Paris and Bilbao, meeting two wonderful hosts, and am eager to give back to the community in any way I can.

Interests

I love music, cycling, football (soccer), literature, politics, and making new friends.

• books
• literature
• cooking
• politics
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• soccer
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
- Jazz (John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus are a few favorites)
- Hip-hop (Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest, MF Doom, Orishas, Hieroglyphics to name a few)
- Classical (Copland, Mahler, Beethoven)

Books:
- Any Shakespeare play, but especially Hamlet and King Lear
- Don Quijote
- The Sun Also Rises
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- East of Eden and Of Mice and Men
- Leaves of Grass
- Many more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of many amazing things I have done is cycling the Camino de Santiago from St. Jean Pied-de-Port all the way to Cabo Fisterra on the Atlantic Coast of Galicia. I rode by myself and stayed in pilgrim's hostels along the way, meeting many great people and experiencing the Spanish countryside in a really special way. It was my first solo bicyling tour, and it was a really incredible experience for me.

Teach, Learn, Share

- Some bicycle mechanics
- Good book recommendations
- Enjoy cooking (and I'm ok at it, too!)
- Bilingual English/Spanish

Would love to learn:
- Another language
- Book recommendations
- About other people and cultures