i'm a writer, theater artist and coffee enthusiast living in new york city

always looking to get out from under my rock and see more of the world, while meeting cool people and having splendid adventures along the way

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i find Couchsurfing to be such a cool celebration of the trust that can be shared between people, simply as fellow inhabitants of the world. I think it's a great way to dig deeper into my travels, by staying with someone who knows the way their home town works, and who can show me all the hidden gems I'd otherwise overlook. And it's always nice to have someone waiting to greet me in a strange new place

Interests

as a broke millennial, upon earning my bachelor's degree i promptly got a survival job in coffee

as the auditioning life proved to be far too competitive and stressful for me, i leaned into the coffee profession as a means to earn a steady income, to then give me the financial freedom to create my own work, and also: to travel

right now in life i am trying to study and celebrate as many different lifestyles and perspectives as i can, to further understand what we all have in common as inhabitants of the world, and so as to create the art to reflect it

• theater
• acting
• coffee
• traveling
• woodworking
• jazz
• hiking
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Flowers for Algernon, Ready Player One, Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus

TV: Samurai Jack, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Movies: Moonlight, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, Good Will Hunting,

Music: big jazz fan, but open to most genres. top plays go to Childish Gambino, Anderson .Paak, Chance the Rapper, as well as Esperanza Spalding, Hiatus Kaiyote, Rhiannon Gidden, and then Thelonius Monk, Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wrote and directed drama shows at a YMCA summer camp in New Hampshire, USA, and it's the most rewarding experience of my life thus far. I also hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and to the top of Angel's Landing in Zion National Park.

Teach, Learn, Share

I always feel like I know nothing. That's a big part of why I want to travel. I'm definitely no expert on any one thing. But I pride myself on my emotional intelligence and intuition. A theater degree is basically an empathy degree. I want to share meaningful experiences with kind strangers who then become friends.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I pack light and keep clean and tidy. I enjoy getting to know the people I stay with, and I can shoot the breeze for hours on end. Or shut up and let you go to bed, if that's preferred.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Martinique, Netherlands, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States