I am a graduate student in genetics and medicine at UNC (University of North Carolina) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I couch surfed years ago, in college, through Iceland and Denmark and loved meeting people in that way.

Parlo un po di Italiano e voglio continuare ad imparare!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am attending a genetics conference in Barga, Lucca, Italy from Feb 22 to 27. I want to tour around Northern Italy and Switzerland for fun for a week. I am leaving from Zurich on March 5.

Interests

I love running, tennis, meeting new people, food, and wine. I love movies, especially Wes Anderson, Woody Allen, and other dry/dark comedy.

• dining
• wine
• running
• movies
• socializing
• tennis
• computer science
• genealogy
• medicine
• science

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ran a 10mi (16km) race in 67 minutes? Conducted a study on the fusion protein on the surface of dengue virus to figure out how it works? Depends what you think is amazing! Oh, I thought of one -- I visited Cuba in 2005 -- pretty amazing for an American!

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach about medicine, genetics, English language, playing tennis, or computer science?

I want to learn the Italian language!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love talking about the English language. I speak very good English, know a ton of words, a ton of idioms. Oodles of adages. An abundances of phrase. A cornucopia of expressions.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Cuba, Denmark, England, Iceland, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States