From San Francsico. Stanford computer science undergrad on a gap year.

Looking for friends and meaningful connections across the world, absolutely addicted to living immersed in a different cultures and speaking different languages.

Excited to meet people who are empathetic, smart, and interested in the world around them. People who I can have deep conversations with, people who are willing to be fully themselves around me.

I'm fascinated by people and their stories, and the reasons they are who they are. I love meeting people, jazz music, playing guitar and singing, lifting weights and cycling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This community is truly incredible--almost all of my best friends across the world I've met through CS. Just trying to keep the love flowing!

Interests

• writing
• singing
• guitar
• adventuring
• computer programming
• learning chinese
• learning vietnamese

Music, Movies, and Books

John Mayer, BB King, Eric Clapton, Joe Pass.
These days into delving into the history of jazz music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Start a nonprofit organization in East Palo Alto, CA to teach underprivileged kids to program computers.

Live completely immersed in Vietnamese culture and language, then bicycle 2000+ miles from the South of Vietnam to the North and back.

Move to China with one goal: not leave until I'm fluent in Chinese.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach English, Vietnamese, Chinese, share my tips for learning a language.
Share how to listen well, and how to make people around you feel at ease and taken care of.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Teach you about music, singing, playing guitar and piano, and of course computer science and coding. Also can share my experiences boldly meeting people with nothing to lose (something I'm still practicing).

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States, Viet Nam