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Overview

  • 19 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Sign Language - American, Spanish, Wolof
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • teacher/tutor, MFA candidate (sculpture), artist
  • Oberlin College, B.A.; San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A...
  • From Washington, DC USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

sample all of the foods of the world (minus meatz)

ABOUT ME

WE ARE UNAVAILABLE TO HOST CSERS IN OUR HOME RIGHT NOW :( WILL BE UNAVAILABLE JUNE 12-24 AND JUNE 30-JULY 12.
Rachel is an artist and full-time MFA student at SFAI, and she also works part-time as a teacher and tutor. Taylor is a lead therapist working mostly with infants diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, and he's planning to enter a Psychology PhD program in 2012 and become a Lacanian Psychoanalyst.

We both graduated from Oberlin College and are humanities nerds (Taylor, in the department of English, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis). We are both passionate about wine, coffee, and all other food (including the stinkiest of cheeses). And we love to cook for our CS hosts/guests.

PHILOSOPHY

Yes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

CSers across the country have shown nothing but kindness, and we intend to spread the wealth. It brings us great joy to welcome others into our home.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Between the two of us, we've hosted a ton of people (Taylor, in Philly) and have surfed a ton too! We've made some wonderful friends and have absolutely loved staying in people's homes/apartments and hanging out with CSers just for a coffee/drink/hike etc. And of course, we are always looking forward to our next encounter!

Interests

visual arts, philosophy, cooking (and of course, eating, hiking, the mountains, our three cats (Muzzy, Snugs, and Clarissa), dense dark chocolate, the unexpected...

  • cats
  • arts
  • humanities
  • dining
  • cooking
  • chocolate
  • wine
  • coffee
  • drinking
  • hiking
  • teaching
  • psychology
  • visual arts
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Please.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Where to begin? Grand Canyon, AZ and Zion National Park, Utah must be at the top of the natural wonders list. Living in Senegal changed my life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Mali, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Senegal, United States

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