CURRENT MISSION

learning, unlearning & loving fiercely

ABOUT ME

My top three favorite words are probably: silly, fierce and genuine. In my best moments, I think those words describe how I try to live.

PHILOSOPHY

you are always in the right place at the right time

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

host and surf~

Interests

poetry, communities, diy, activism, trying to make music, thrifting, denim, dancing badly but with heart, reading books, crafting, cooking, biking, walking, laughing with my whole belly, dressing fancy, adventuring, social justice

• writing
• books
• poetry
• performing arts
• diy
• dancing
• cooking
• walking
• thrifting
• reading
• music
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Amelie, Almost Famous, Whip It!, Roman Holiday, Ordinary People, The Royal Tenenbaums, 10 Things I Hate About You.

Music: Ryan Adams, Modest Mouse, Regina Spektor, Dr. Dog, Why?, Tegan & Sara, Bon Iver, Paul Baribeau, Neko Case, Thao Nyugen, Little Dragon, Mal Blum, Wilco, Tallest Man on Earth, The xx, Speech Debelle, Azealia Banks, A Tribe Called Quest, Dirty Projectors, The Thermals, Tune-Yards, Belle & Sebastian.

Books: Novels by Jonathan Safron Foer and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Feminist texts like This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, What is Found There: Notebooks on Politics and Poetry by Adrienne Rich. Poetry by Nazim Hikmet, Adrienne Rich, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Hass, Sylvia Plath, Heather McHugh.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

thunder & lightning! love! healing!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can lead poetry writing workshops and perform poetry for you! I would love to share stories through poetry. I can also teach you how to make a scarf out of a t-shirt and how to play some basic chords on the ukulele.