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Overview

  • 32 references 21 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Swahili
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • young urban volunteer
  • BA in Interntional Relations from American University 2009
  • From berkshire county, massachusetts
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to stay young forever.

ABOUT ME

I am a New Englander, living in DC, volunteering, learning about the world and experiencing as much as possible after getting my BA from American University in international development. I love hiking, climbing, ropes courses, facilitation and most everything outdoors. I am passionate about social justice, activism and living the way I want the world to be.

I am itching to go abroad again, after three years back in the US. I studied abroad for a year (in Nairobi and Paris).

PHILOSOPHY

focus on the present heaven.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting for now, surfing in the past and and future, gathering always.

Interests

travelin' and travelers, activism, backpacking, rock climbing, experiential education, group facilitation, politics, culture, linguistics, east african studies, countercultures, may 1968

  • culture
  • education
  • politics
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • surfing
  • rock climbing
  • teaching
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: stand by me, the constant gardener

music: a mix of indie, electronic, folk, bluegrass and soul

books: what is the what, kwani?, pride & prejudice

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

roadtrip from nairobi to lake turkana in Kenya. through forests, deserts and plainsland.

walked around the castle district in Budapest during a lightning storm.

Teach, Learn, Share

tidbits about rock climbing, knots, how to start a fire, conversational swahili (and sheng,) group facilitation

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Tanzania

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Kenya, United States

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