Hi there!

I'm Sarah. I am a geographer and data scientist, which means I use GIS (geographic information science/systems) to help people uncover patterns and gain insight into the relationship between location and... literally anything! I'm certain that one of the reasons I'm so passionate about travel is because my life-long study is dedicated to how place matters.

When I'm not geeking out over maps, I'm reading, or long-distance walking, doing arts and crafts, playing the ukulele, playing strategy board games, or some other hobby that I will likely get bored of in 3 weeks.

I'd love to meet you, exchange our languages, our food, and our stories!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I deeply believe in learning from each other, and there's no better way to do that than when travelling in a foreign place!

New perspectives are so refreshing, and having friends across the globe is such an enviable thing!

Interests

Maps and Geography
Foreign Languages
Cooking/baking
Being outside and the environment- hiking, kayaking,camping,bird watching..you name it
Strategy board games
Puppies and bunnies and all things cuddly and sweet (even in unconventional ways)

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Regina Spektor, RHCP, the Strokes, Flobots, Muse... it ranges a lot depending on my mood

Books- Steven Pinker, Haruki Murakami, Daniel Quinn, Milan Kundera, Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked Machu Picchu

What I Can Share with Hosts

Hopefully living evidence that not all Americans are the way we're portrayed in the media :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States