CURRENT MISSION

I backpack around the world, trying to represent Americans with intelligence, humor, and killer ninja skills :)

ABOUT ME

I'm passionate about teaching, traveling, and writing. I adore making people laugh. And I truly believe--and have discovered--that you can change the world one person at a time, a thousand times a day.

PHILOSOPHY

"Yet the more I travel--and the more I teach--the more I find those negative aspects of the human condition outshone by those small moments of humanity, those thoughtless acts of kindness that highlight, to quote Faulkner, our innate capacity for 'compassion and sacrifice and endurance,' that demonstrate mankind's ability to 'not merely endure,' but to 'prevail.' "
-Travel Email; Southeast Asia, 2008

Interests

Teaching, backpacking, writing, running, biking, improv comedy, musical improv, karate, just laughing with friends.

• writing
• running
• traveling
• cycling
• backpacking
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

To Kill a Mockingbird; The Great Gatsby; Shawshank Redemption; Forrest Gump

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wow...way too many. Those that come to mind: living at an orphanage & teaching at a refugee camp in Kenya; jumping into Halong Bay in Vietnam, the Dios de Madre River in Peru, and the Mekong River in Laos; and meeting so many amazing people around the world just because of chance.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kenya, United Kingdom, United States

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