CURRENT MISSION

Make new friends, see new places!

ABOUT ME

I'm a fourth year student at the University of Virginia. I like music, running, India, and sweet potatoes. I study Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and am pursuing a graduate degree.

PHILOSOPHY

whatever works!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I meet people for coffee in Charlottesville, my current location, and love meeting people in the places I go.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met a monk in Leh, Ladakh, India, but am still pretty much a newcomer!

Interests

running, philosophy, (live!) indie music, outdoor adventures, travel, being from new jersey

• coffee
• running
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• outdoor activities
• backpacking
• buddhist
• history
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

indie music and whatever books I can get my hands on. charles johnson, salman rushdie, zadie smith, RK narayan, dave eggers, jon krakauer, and william faulkner are favorites but lots more!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

two months backpacking in India, traveling in China and tibet, traveling through Belize, worked in New Orleans for St. Bernard Project on post-Katrina housing, spent a summer living in a tibetan buddhist nunnery on a research grant

Teach, Learn, Share

I study buddhism and therefore know a good bit of on Indian and Tibetan religion and history. I speak hindi, sanskrit, zangskari, tibetan, and spanish. some more than others.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belize, Canada, China, France, India, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States