ABOUT ME

I grew up in Alaska, so I have an appreciation for the outdoors and also serious wanderlust from being geographically isolated. I currently live in and am obsessed with Chicago. I love walking around the city, meeting amazing people and eating delicious food. Vinyasa yoga and music are my loves. I am a very curious person and love to learn about pretty much anything. My current curiosities are space, string theory and a tribe called quest.

PHILOSOPHY

Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Find humor with strangers. Be as present as possible. Love yourself and show others that you care. Work hard for what you care about. Find nature. Ask questions. Learn all you can. Smile often.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like meeting up with surfers, awesome people. I haven't surfed yet or hosted anyone, but in due time.

Interests

Yoga. Space. Medicine. Public Health. Food. Music. Film. Cultures. Photography. Wine. Architecture. Graffiti. National Geographic.

• architecture
• photography
• dining
• wine
• yoga
• walking
• music
• outdoor activities
• medicine
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I love Wes Anderson: Moonrise Kingdom, Darjeeling Limited, Life Aquatic. Others: Snatch, Buitiful, Lost in Translation, Amores Perros, Breakfast at Tiffany's (or any Audrey Hepburn movie really I am for seeing) The Thin Man series, Casablanca, Babel, Motorcycle Diaries, Fern Gully, focus features.

Music depends on my mood and my interests change often, but right now:
Relaxing: Ravi Shankar, Beirut, A tribe called quest, Miles Davis (sketches of Spain especially), James Blake, Leonard Cohen, the xx
Energetic: Mos Def, Fela Kuti, La Roux, Beyonce, David Bowie, James Brown, MIA
All time faves: The Rolling Stones, Jimi, Caetano Veloso, Jay Z

Books: All time faves: The Alchemist, anything by Hemingway or Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda Poetry, Ishmael, Cutting for Stone
Currently reading many books: Abundance. Memoirs of a Drug Addict as told by a neuroscientist. Shantaram. The book of Awakening. I love the magazines AFAR, National Geographic and Bazaar.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Staying in native people's home on an island in Lake Titicaca

Teach, Learn, Share

I know some science, some yoga and good music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United States