I recently completed my Master of Science degree in Dec of 2016. I love sports- surfing, snowboarding, soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming, and kayaking. I have spent ~4.5 months in Queensland Australia living in the rainforest, 1 month in Kenya living on a game reserve, a month in Brazil visiting family, and time in these countries mostly for school-related activities: Germany, New Zealand, British Virgin Islands, Paraguay, Argentina, Canada, and Mexico.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I love traveling and learning about new cultures and diverse ecosystems. I just moved to Virginia and don't have a bed for anyone to stay at, so I can't host anyone for a month or two until I get another bed. I have couch surfed in New Zealand, backpacked through there and stayed with really amazing hosts. I had really positive experiences there and felt very safe traveling alone. I've also stayed in hostels in Mexico, Australia and Brazil and absolutely loved the people that I met and we were able to share really incredible experiences together- bioluminescent forests in New Zealand, Dancing competition in Mexico, and snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef.

兴趣

Hiking, hydrological modeling, volunteering, wading through streams, sustainable construction, ecosystem restoration, rainforests, biological diversity

Campfires, bio-luminescence, snorkeling, hiking, spelunking, enjoying the simple things

• pets
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• modeling
• traveling
• restoration
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• spelunking
• surfing
• snorkeling
• snowboarding
• sports
• basketball
• soccer
• volleyball
• swimming
• science
• volunteering

音乐、电影和书籍

Books: anything by John Maxwell, Harry Potter Series, anything by Bill Bryson, anything by David Schwartz, Lord of the Rings series, anything Science and most non-fiction

Movies: 101 Dalmatians, Intouchables, A Beautiful Mind

Music: Old Blues, Jazz, Classical music, accapella, native american music, New Orleans Radio, Appalachian music, folk music, classical rock, music from the Pinebarrens, Indie Folk (Beirut, Lindsey Stirling, The Lumineers, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Bon Iver, The Xx, Fleet Foxes, Bonnie McKee)

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I'm going to write a few things : )
-Skydove over Mount Doom, New Zealand during a backpacking trip there
-Found a Cassowary in the wild in the Daintree, Australia
-Snorkeled over a really large ray in the BVI
-Hiked through the gigantic Iguazu falls bordering several South American countries including Brazil
-Spotted and then watched a leopard in the wild in Laikipia, Kenya for hours from a very short distance using binoculars (with other students)
-Pet a castrated black rhino in Kenya
-Held and fed baby kangaroos in Queensland

教，学，和分享

Teach/Share- Travels, hydrology, ecology, biology

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Stories of travel experiences, respect, privacy and wonderful experiences : )

I also love cooking (mostly vegetarian food though, unless it's caught : )

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay