CURRENT MISSION To bridge the gaps ABOUT ME I'm a recent graduate student, former collegiate soccer player, and aspiring optimist. Regarding travel: As a political science and history student, I am so eager to see and experience that which has been such a large part of my studies over the past several years. On a personal level, I am looking forward to the challenges associated with living outside of my comfort zone, as well as the opportunity to reflect upon my own worldview in light of the countless perspectives travel offers. I love: long conversations over tea, maps, QI, endorphins, campfires, crossword puzzles, folk music, spending time outdoors, soccer (playing & watching!), libraries, jazz clubs, the ocean, red wine, new socks, thunderstorms, and Alan Davies! PHILOSOPHY The great Barry Lopez said it better than I'll ever be able to: “How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.”