****** YES i do have recent negative reviews unfortunately. I ended up needing emergency medical care and unfortunately was not able to reach out to those i was supposed to host :( I am in good health now and am hosting again though!
CURRENT MISSION

To see as many places, meet as many people, and have as much fun as I can

ABOUT ME

First off. I have a 25% response rate because this site is hooked up to a really old email and won't let me change my email address. So! If you're trying to get a hold of me, find me on facebook (trevor trevski church) or email me at tchurch@pdx.edu and you'll get a response that day. If you just send the couch request, I'll get it, but it'll take me a few days and maybe be too late :-/ but if it's far enough out, no worries.

Im gay. I feel like saying that right away because a host had a problem with it once haha. So Im just upfront about that now. I'm 23, a med student on my way to becoming a doctor, and plan on seeing as much of the world as possible and meeting as many people as I can! I absolutely love music and literature. I'll listen to anything, and read anything. I love culture and love submerging myself in other peoples lifestyles. I'm a firm believer that we can all learn something from each other.

People go into medicine for one of two years, the first is money and the second is compassion and wanting to make a difference - I have plans of moving to a third world country after med school to combat infectious disease that plague certain regions... So basically, money is the furthest thing on my mind. I feel like the route I'm taking in medicine is the easiest way to sum up my character as a whole for those of you that don't know me.

PHILOSOPHY

I've always been a free spirit and accepting of everyone and anyone. Good taste in music, good taste in books, even a good laugh and I'll enjoy your company a lot. I believe in honesty, acceptance, and always having fun.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I have money, I pick up and go. I am trying to experience as many places around this planet as possible! If you need a place to crash, message me and we will see if I can work something out!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had a lot of great ones! That's why I'm still doing it! I've made some really cool friends and connections through this website, and the mi casa su casa mentality is totally karmic, by that I mean that I've never had trouble finding a couch to crash on while traveling.

Interests

Medicine! I have long hair, tattoos, piercings, and play a lot of punk rock, but western medicine is my thing. I'm really passionate about microbiology. I know, I don't fit the mold. You should come to class with me and see me amongst my peers haha! Reading, music, painting, learning, new friends, drum circles, dancing, colorful people!

Oh I've been asked before why I put "'at risk' youth" for my occupation in quotations. I do this because the youth I work with is dubbed "at risk" by society and the organizations I've worked with, but in reality I always use quotations with the term at risk, because this world is a rough place, and I think all kids are at risk in our society for possibly having some truly traumatic life experiences. With that said. I work a lot with teens in the area, and a lot with the homeless population in Portland (it's depressingly high), so if I show you around you might notice getting a few hellos from a pretty eclectic group of people.

Oh I play mountain dulcimer! I love making music with others! Your instruments are always welcome!

I also love kids, so if you're traveling with your little one, totally cool. Most of my neighbors who are all good friends, have kids between 2 and 5, so there's usually one or two kids poking their head in.

• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• tattoos
• piercings
• dancing
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• biology
• chemistry
• medicine
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
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The Rolling Stones, Beirut, The Who, Vampire Weekend, Three Dog Night, Sublime, The Doors, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Smiths, Velvet Underground, The Strokes, The Ramones, Squeeze, T. Rex, Spoon, Smashing Pumpkins, Slightly Stoopid, Dan Auerbach, Mumford and Sons, Simon & Garfunkel, Aaron Neville, Regina Spektor, Robert Johnson, Skip James, Rock n Roll Soldiers, Ray Charles, Polaris, Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson, Passion Pit, Otis Redding, Panjabi MC, NOFX, Judee Sill, Claudine Longet, Nico, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Los Campesinos!, New York Dolls, The Avett Brothers, Neil Young, Forrest Sun, Daniel Jurado, Marcy Playground, The Lemonheads, Jackson Browne, Michael Jackson, Jackson 5, The Temptations, JJ Jackson, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Iggy Pop, The Guess Who, She & Him, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, David Bowie, Dandy Warhols, Daft Punk, The Runaways, Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah, Citizen Cope, Cheap Trick, Cat Stevens, Captain Beefheart, Cake, Blind Melon, Bassnectar, The Eagles, The Band, Badfinger, Bad Company, Atmosphere, Four Star Mary, Allman Brothers, The Black Keys, Kate Nash, Janis Joplin, Etta James, Muddy Waters, Daniel Johnston, Buffalo Tom, Tegan And Sara, Aerosmith, Rodrigo y Gabriela, The Mamas & the Papas, The Beatles, MIKA, The Kooks, Kings Of Leon, MGMT, Umphrey's McGee, Klaxons, The GTOs, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
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Books:
Anything having to do with religion, politics or philosophy
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Oscar Wilde, Kafka, The Color of Water, Riot on the Sunset Strip, Girl, Interrupted, House on Mango Street, Wonderful Tonight, According to the Rolling Stones, Going Down With Janis, Love janis, Lana the Lady the Legend the Truth, Neon Angel, Rebel Heart, But Enough About Me, Let It Bleed, Lets Spend the Night Together, No One Gets Out Alive, Blackbird and Other Short poems and lyric, Edie, High on Arrival, The Taming of the Shrew, The Giver, Miracle in the Andes, Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, Steal This Book, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Of Mice and Men, All Summer Long, The Heroin Diaries, Stoned, Dandelion, Exile on Main Street, Laurel Canyon, Catcher In The Rye, Im With the Band
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Movies:
Boogie Nights, Almost Famous, A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Empire Records, Walk the Line, Factory Girl, Excess Baggage, Jurassic Park, Elizabethtown, Dazed and Confused, Garden State, Ghost World, Reality Bites, Singles, 54

pretty much anything and everything!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hiked to the start of the rogue river and it was possibly the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. To see a river that stretches 215 miles coming from a spring in the ground is astonishing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, Tarot, Medicine, Science, Metaphysics, Biology, Chemistry, Poetry, Creative Writing of all kinds, Literature, cooking, etc! I love trying new things and love teaching others things.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, cooking, stories, adventures!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States