CURRENT MISSION

Travel, Meet the locals, Enjoy life, Repeat.

ABOUT ME

Born and raised in the suburbs of NYC. I've always had this intense excitement and awareness of the 'rest of the world'...in a place where so many people get stuck into somewhat narrow-minded thoughts of the daily grind in New York City, I like to take a moment to think about how much is really out there, outside of this little bubble we live in. I was grateful to travel to India to visit the majority of my family (grandparents, cousins, etc.) at the ages of 7, 13, and 20, and have studied abroad in Spain and surrounding areas. And it was amazing!

At this point in my life, I work full time but also have recently started a business on the side. I'd like to live "off the grid" sometime soon...the 1 year goal is to quit the job, live (and teach) abroad, and run my business remotely. Idealistic? Maybe. But definitely possible, and I will make it happen!

PHILOSOPHY

Every moment of life is meant to be enjoyed to the fullest. I still struggle at times to fully follow my dreams (i.e. quit my job asap! and teach abroad), but I try my best to take advantage of all that life has to offer.

Relationships with one another are the fruit of life, and more importantly relationships outside of our zone of comfort (meeting new people, with different viewpoints, from other parts of the world) can be such an enlightening experience.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have traveled out of the U.S. in the past to India, Spain, Morocco, Portugal and Mexico (Spring break, so I guess it was less 'travel' and more partying lol)

Last international trip was in December 2011 to Australia...amazing!(Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane)

Finally made it to the Western U.S. in July 2012...Cali, Vegas and the Grand Canyon!!!

Places I would love to visit: EVERYWHERE, but more specifically...Brazil, China, Egypt, the rest of Europe, Japan, Indonesia, Argentina, Peru, Russia, Kenya...the list goes on forever and it's really just about every single country in the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet but really looking forward to it soon.

Am excited to host new people in NYC!

Interests

travel obviously, nutrition, fitness, lifting and some yoga, guitar, most types of music (alt/classic rock, rap, house, etc), film (especially foreign and indie movies), new people and good conversation, humanitarian and charitable causes, using business as a means of societal change, adventure, self-improvement.

• dancing
• causes
• fitness
• yoga
• running
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• business
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Way too many to name but here are a few favorites.

Music: Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones, the Doors, Pearl Jam, Incubus, Zeppelin...Biggie, Dre, Wu Tang, Nas, Wayne, many more.

Movies: Heat, City of God, Last Samurai, V for Vendetta, Green Street Hooligans, Requiem for a Dream, Y tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter series, Bourne series

Books: On the Road, Brave New World, Scar Tissue, Slaughterhouse Five

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taj Mahal was pretttyy awesome, not gonna lie!

Snake charmers, dancing monkeys, and beautiful evenings in the Jemaa el Fna market in Marrakech, Morocco...the stuff that you think only happens in movies.

Watching thousands of little penguins make their trip from ocean to landfall at sunset...Penguin Island in Australia. One of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

Teach, Learn, Share

played guitar for almost 10 years so I can teach you, can speak 4 languages with varying levels of fluency and would love to teach you, some knowledge in corporate finance and derivatives (although i'd probably prefer to not talk about this if we met for a short time lol).

I do nutrition/fitness coaching on the side so would be happy to share some tips and tricks with you!

I've also recently started up a business and would be happy to share any insights and knowledge I may have

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, India, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States