CURRENT MISSION

to grow. to discover. to live. and to make new friends!

PHILOSOPHY

Certainly this will always be a work in progress... but here are a few things I believe to be truth:

"Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves ... Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps, then, someday far in the future, you will gradually - without even noticing it - live your way into the answer."
-Rainer Maria Rilke

"The only real nation is humanity"
-Paul Farmer

"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands."
-Pirsig

"Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive."
-Pirsig

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none yet-- most of all, I'm joining for the community. I'll be in Montpellier from October through the end of November and then in Rwanda from December through the end of April. In both places, I'd love to be able to meet fellow adventurers, have some great conversations and experiences, and make some friends.

Interests

feminism, arts+social justice, learning, film, other cultures, stories, photography, concerts, little-kid fun, spooning, human rights, art, theater, laughing, enlightening conversation, travel, people, tea, roller coasters, colorful leaves, friends, public health, healing (broadly defined)

• arts
• theater
• photography
• concerts
• human rights
• womens rights
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
Joni Mitchell, Phoenix, She & Him, Flobots, Girl Talk, New Radicals, Beirut, Simon & Garfunkel, Jump Little Children, The Beatles, Eisley, Damien Rice, Regina Spektor, Sigur Ros, Animal Collective, MGMT

BOOKS:
The Giver, The Things They Carried, Where the Wild Things Are, Harry Potter, The Alchemist, Siddhartha, The Kite Runner, Pathologies of Power, The Poisonwood Bible

FILMS:
The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire, The Constant Gardener, Juno, Away We Go, Favela Rising, The Royal Tenenbaums, American History X, The Motorcycle Diaries, House of Sand & Fog, Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Almost Famous, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Wonder Boys, The Hours, etc...

Teach, Learn, Share

I think that each person is a narrative in motion - complex, connected, and dynamic. The collisions of our narratives - in conversations and shared experiences - help to create and define who we are and who we will become.

So most of all, I want to learn from you! The passions, thoughts, and perspectives of others serve to connect, challenge, inspire, and renew me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Ecuador, France, Ghana, Honduras, India, Spain, Tanzania

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Rwanda, United States