Aspiring dance facilitator for marginalized populations, ESL teacher and avid reader/writer, I have been traveling on and off for a number of years. Learning through exposure to different cultures about the sociological impact of language and community while developing my skills as an outreach facilitator.

Interests

• arts
• writing
• dancing
• meditation
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• hitchhiking
• permaculture
• activism
• languages and cultures
• sustainable living

Music, Movies, and Books

Steppenwolf (Herman Hesse), Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau, Jung, Freud, Age of Reason (Sartre), One Hundred Years of Solitude, Joseph Campbell, The book (Alan Watts), The Rum Diary (Hunter S. Thompson), The teachings of Don Juan (Castaneda), Albert Camus, Metamorphosis (Kafka), Shantaram, Orwell, and all of Murakami.

Selection of music between bass electronic, international reggae and acoustic blues/funk/folk

Anything Wes Anderson, Miyazaki, Tarantino, Kubrick. European films

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking through Himalayan passes in Northern India, summiting Mt. Fuji for sunrise, climbing the highest peak in Banff Canada

Teach, Learn, Share

Open to sharing: lots of hilarious travel stories, cooking small or large meals, English-language exchange

In return I'd love to learn more languages and share insightful conversations/experiences.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Cuba, Germany, India, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Poland, Slovakia, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Poland