I am hoping to continue meeting new people as I travel after my Peace Corps service and learning about new places and cultures! Peace Corps has taught me that the real joy and beauty in traveling is in connection with place and other people, so just playing tourist isn't going to cut it for me! This trip will be mostly solo, and while I identify as an introvert, it's always nice to have some company every once in a while.

Books -- Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. Movies -- When Harry Met Sally, Crazy Rich Asians, Gone Girl, Pride and Prejudice, Tarzan. Music -- pop, alt rock, and indie! Carly Rae Jepsen, Maggie Rogers, Tove Lo, Ariana Grande, Jimmy Eat World, Fall Out Boy, Weezer, Tame Impala, the Arctic Monkeys, etc.