Hello! I'm Staci, and I'm an on-again off-again serial traveler based in Delaware. I'm very upbeat and enthusiastic, and I love bonding over music, poetry, art, cooking, plants, coffee, animal facts, and putting googly eyes in public places. I’m quite social and involved in community organizing, both politically and in the local arts scene. I am also very passionate about food justice and sustainability! I find it to be very important to use my place to empower others! I love people and the relationships and cultures they cultivate, I love the earth and how her motley conglomerate of environments all work with and against one another, and most of all, I love to travel, where I can observe how all of these intricate and massive components of life intertwine. Let's connect and grow!

References on couchers.org: https://couchers.org/user/staci/references

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I got into couchsurfing while living at a home in Wellington, NZ that hosted dozens of couchsurfers and some of those people have become my very close friends! I hope to utilize this service to share myself and lessons with others, and make friends while learning about new places and people! I'd much rather host a traveler, help them save $$, connect with authentic community, and make a new friend than spend $ at a hote.

I also have an account on couchers, that I have used a few times as well.

Interests

• animals
• dogs
• music festivals
• social action
• traveling
• music
• live music
• hiking
• camping
• solo travel
• social justice
• meeting new people
• organic farming

Music, Movies, and Books

my partner and i have a record collection of hundreds of records! we are big music people and both involved in the local punk/DIY scene. recent genre haves have been ethiopian jazz and japanese city pop!

big fan of cartoons i.e. adventure time, gravity falls, over the garden wall!

currently reading: North Woods by Daniel Mason, but i am a big science nerd and love books about ecology/biology too!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

spent new years eve in a hut on the Abel Tasman Coastal Track on the south island in NZ

was the editor of a monthly zine for 2 years!

Teach, Learn, Share

i coordinate science/nature education programs and i am absolutely teeming with fun facts about nature and i will explode if i cannot rattle them off to you

What I Can Share with Hosts

cooking, cleaning, laughter, stories, friendship, music, doodles, stickers

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Ethiopia, France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States