Happy to host when I can! I helped a landlord manage their rentals in Indianapolis, then traveled to Central Asia for a year, and managed luxury apartments in Bloomington.

I'm currently studying computer programming and the Telugu language.

Хотя мой русский язык = чут чут слова... я знаю русский клавиатуру, не видя! Я люблю учиться!

Get to know me through video:
- short speech in Bishkek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDDc6AzMh1s

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travel the world.
Make new friends.
⛺ Experience different ways of living.

❤️ A place we all can call "home".
One world family.

Interests

Dreaming of more connected + self-sufficient communities.

Coding = programming computers.
Stories = programming people.

Computers help to automate the basic necessities of life.
Stories help our species adapt + evolve.

... I could spend all day gardening.

• photography
• education
• environment
• vegetarian
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• minimalism
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• volunteering
• personal development
• sustainability
• reading books
• star trek
• exploration
• compassion
• peace
• good conversation
• community
• vegan cooking
• green living
• world peace
• diversity
• self-sufficiency
• honesty
• teetotaler
• values

Music, Movies, and Books

🤸 Inspirational People______
-The Dalai Lama
-Brendon Burchard
-Sadhguru
-Neil Degrasse Tyson
-Captain Jean Luc Picard
-Eckhart Tolle

▶️ YouTube Channels___________
-Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
-Self Sufficient Me
-Vsauce

TV____________________________
-Star Trek: Next Generation
-Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
-Game of Thrones
-Key and Peele
-Vsauce

Movies________________________
-Aamir Khan films (actor/producer: Dangal, Lagaan, Like Stars on Earth)
-Miyazaki films
-Pay It Forward
-Pursuit of Happiness
- Tollywood movies Actors: Brahmanandam, Nani, Sai Pallavi, Mahesh Babu, Vidyullekha Raman, Chiranjeevi...

Music_________________________
-Jazz vocals
-Beatles
-Tollywood
-Mike Oldfield
-Classical dubstep
-Потап и Настя
-Skillrex Radio (Pandora)
-Carbon Based Life Forms Radio (Google Home)
-Anything to sing-along to / secretly dance around the house while cleaning

Card Games_________________________
-Dominion
-Spellcaster
-Nile

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Recently started learning to code Javascript, HTML/CSS, Java, Python3.

PAST (a small sample)
-studied in Europe one summer ✈️
-started 2 profitable businesses as a kid
-toured US twice with a drum corps 🇺🇸
-graduated high school early
-marched 40lbs drums in college.
-beat college men's calf-raise record. 18reps @ 375lbs 🏋️
-paid to teach high school music ensembles at age 16 ‍
-wheelchair to walking to running ♿
-built a king-size loft bed (carried the wood 1 mile!)
-designed tiny-home plans
-took care of a mother + 5yr old autistic child until they could get their own home ‍‍
-helped new coding grads get jobs paying over $100k USD (with no degree myself)
-recorded day in 5-minute blocks to see where time was being wasted
-paid to fly to San Francisco to pitch for startup (in place of CEO)
-traveled to innovation/R+D labs of companies like Google, Microsoft, Adobe, The NY Times, etc. ✈️
-cut grocery bill down by 80%

Teach, Learn, Share

Can Teach____________________
-interview tips
-ways to save money / control spending habits
-cheap + quick vegan/vegetarian meals
-can teach others how to read all Telugu letters and secondary letters (aksharaalu, gunintaalu, ottulu)

Want to Learn________________
-Coding
-Boxing
-Vegan cooking
-To live on less
-To connect people more (specifically neighbors + communities)
-Tips for traveling to India (my dream!) ✈️
-Telugu (language, music, dance, etc.)
-Russian
-Hindi

What I Can Share with Hosts

People say that my life is full of interesting stories... If you like a good story, just ask questions to spark the memories.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Gibraltar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States