CURRENT MISSION

"To look up, and laugh, and love, and lift."

ABOUT ME

I'm a little lady from Alabama who likes being outside and learning new things. Currently working on a Biology degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Big dream: be on the team of biologists that finds a cure for white nose syndrome in bats.
More realistic dream: be a park ranger or field biologist for the forest service.

"I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings." -Mary Oliver

PHILOSOPHY

Be kind

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting when I'm home and surfing when I'm gone :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I used CSing for the first time when I was 19 and alone in London. Even though I had no references, I was graciously welcome by an incredible host. Every experience with the site from then on has been amazing .

Interests

camping, climbing, hiking, caving, environmental education, crafts, trees, bats, hitchhiking, family, cephalopods, beer, comics, nature, road trips, museums

• education
• crafts
• comics
• hiking
• spelunking
• camping
• rock climbing
• teaching
• hitchhiking
• road trips
• beaches
• mountains
• museums

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (a little all over the place): The Tallest Man on Earth, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, First Aid Kit, Fleetwood Mac, The Internet, Dustin O'Halloran, Purity Ring, Wet, Emmylou Harris, Janelle Monae, Oh Wonder, Shura, Banks, Miguel, Honne, Bright Eyes, Harry Belafonte, Otis Redding, The Head and the Heart, Kehlani, Sylvan Esso, Neutral Milk Hotel, Solange, Daley, Tegan and Sara
I adore 90's R&B (Boyz II Men, Genuwine, etc.)
Also gotta admit that the southern girl buried within me loves the Dixie Chicks, George Strait, and similar country artists of the 90's.

Favorite movies/shows - science and nature documentaries, LGBTQ films, Cosmos, Broad City, Sense8, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Parks & Rec, New Girl, The Office, HIMYM, 180 Degrees South, Star Wars, Wentworth, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, My Fair Lady, and all of the Disney classics.

Books - Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, everything Jane Goodall has ever written, nonfiction books about evolutionary biology/ecology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking from Barcelona to Paris, picking mushrooms with a wonderful Catalan family (that I met though CSing) in the Pyrenees Mountains, backpacking solo through Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand

What I Can Share with Hosts

We weren't legally allowed to brew beer in Alabama until 2008 (there was a whole "free the hops" movement) and we're very proud of our breweries now so I usually bring hosts some AL beer as a thank you gift.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, France, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States