I quit my career in neuroscience 5 years ago because I was not happy doing animal research. It's been quite a journey since working different jobs to find out what makes my heart happy. I've been a teacher, an operations assistant, and I ended up working on two different farms on the west coast (California, Washington). Farming is the best way of life I have found and I miss it and hope to return someday. I now work as a finance assistant and finally got too bored and restless, so I am setting out into the world again.

I am very social and love to meet new people and hear their stories. My degree is in anthropology so I am instinctively interested in other's lives. I prefer low key hang outs at coffee shops or dive bars to partying. I want to explore the world and learn all the ways of life there are. I also would like to learn 4-5 languages before I turn 40.

At home I am a mixed media artist (abstract art depicting emotions lately), an avid reader, and love to practice yoga (yin is my favorite). I have been trying to cultivate a consistent meditation practice but have not gotten there yet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I will be traveling Europe alone for October/November 2019 and am hoping to meet new friends to experience cities from a local point of view.

Interests

Mixed media art, watercolors, sci-fi everything, indie music, circus arts, acroyoga, quantified self, positivity, productivity, yoga, pizza.

• arts
• cooking
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• podcasts
• communications
• weight lifting

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: 500 Days of Summer, What Dreams May Come, Love (the space movie), Jurassic Park 3 (YES 3, Raptors HELLO).

Books: American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, The Disappeared by Kim Echlin, anything by Bukowski or Creeley. I love to read and try to read at least 50 books a year.

Music: Lately it's mostly indie-rock and electropop. Just go here, it's easier http://www.last.fm/user/tamarasass

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swam with dolphins in the wild in Avalon, NJ with a friend who communicates with them. It was totally life changing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some light cooking skills, cool art lessons, adventurous stories about performing in an aerials show

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States