I graduated from Middlebury College in the US in 2018 and have spent my first few months since then escaping Trump as an entrepreneur & English teacher on a Fulbright living abroad in the Czech Republic. I’m eternally outgoing and forever on a mission to cross things off my bucket list(s).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

All of my best traveling memories & experiences have involved interesting people that I met along the way who pointed me in the right direction. I want to repay the extreme generosity people in this world have shown me and continue broadening my horizons, all while balling on a budget.

Interests

anything outside — hiking, running, city exploring, kayaking, biking, camping playing sports, etc!
anything involving interesting people — slam poetry, dancing, storytelling, conversations around the table

• writing
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• yoga
• clubbing
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• camping
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• entrepreneurship
• journalism
• parks
• storytelling
• biking
• city trips
• social entrepreneurship
• glaciers
• log rolling
• primitive biathlons
• float meditation

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: anything but country (also, podcasts!)
Movie: About Time, any documentary
TV: The Office, Friends, Greys Anatomy, Downton Abbey, Survivor, Suits, TedTalks
Books: Cutting for Stone, Freakonomics

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

appeared in a Dashen beer commercial in Ethiopia after not washing my hair for a month, survived a tear gas-water canon-rubber bullet riot in Istanbul, assisted in the removal of a cancerous colon tumor in Chile, worked as a glacier guide on the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska, scuba diving at Bay of Pigs in Cuba, sky diving in Utah...the list goes on!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can speak some Spanish (and a few words in Czech) and tell you about what it's like to grow up in Appalachia. I can teach you how to wire wrap jewelry, how to belly dance, & how to make a great cocktail. I love swapping stories and cooking meals with people.
I'd love to learn how to play the guitar!

What I Can Share with Hosts

positive good company; adventures; stories; help with whatever you may need!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, Ethiopia, Germany, Haiti, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, United States