CURRENT MISSION

Applying to grad school

ABOUT ME

I am excited about learning new things: I would like to become a better biker, an expert chef, a worldly literato, and, eventually, a professor, I think.

PHILOSOPHY

To be kind; to be welcoming of fascinating things that enter my life.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have only surfed as I traveled to Tacoma, Washington, to help a friend move in; in Ann Arbor, I am occasionally able to host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a beginner.

Interessi

Tentative HIV/AIDS research of African American MSM in Detroit, health policy, race, bicycling, fiction, cooking, soccer, and philosophy of the mind.

• cooking
• soccer
• teaching

Musica, film e libri

MOVIES: Thumbsucker; Wild Strawberries

MUSIC: The Naitonal; Bon Iver; Woods; Mount Eerie

BOOKS: A Fine Balance; History of Love; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

I traveled in Burkina Faso and visited a market that has existed for hundreds of years where people come from all over still to sell the things they farm and make.

Insegna, impara, condividi

I am learning how to fix bikes and to cook healthful meals. I am an intermediate speaker of Xitsonga and Spanish. I can expound at length about poverty, race, and health disparity.

Paesi che ho visitato

Argentina, South Africa

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

United States