CURRENT MISSION

adventure. Currently serving with AmeriCorps in Colorado.

ABOUT ME

I love meeting new people and traveling. After graduating university I took the Amtrak from Atlanta to Eugene, OR and worked on a farm through WWOOF-USA. I want to see the world and to learn and share from others.

PHILOSOPHY

Eat anything as long as it's cooked by you.

Make eye contact with and smile at strangers.

Leave the device turned off when with friends/family especially at mealtime.

If you don't trust people, who will?

The Dalai Lama's Instructions for Life

"A good traveler has no plan and is not intent on arriving"-Lao Tzu

The key to world peace is world travel

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Love to host! And surf. I love meeting new people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted a nice musician from New Zealand named Tristan back in May 2015. He was a pleasure!
My surfing experiences in Chile have been great! Surfed with Nacha in Valparaiso! She was a blast! Surfed in San Pedro with Felipe & La Serena with Mauricio and in Chiloe with Mino.

Interests

Photography, farming (urban, farm to school, school gardens), documentaries, poetry, concerts, folk/bluegrass/indie music, festivals, urban planning, healthy eating, street art, traveling, outdoors, hiking, yoga, picnics, and potlucks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Cotton Jones, Great Lake Swimmers, The Staves, Florist, Matt Pond PA, Band of Horses, Guster, Ben Kweller, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac, Blind Pilot, Blitzen Trapper, Bob Dylan, The Wild Reeds, Mountain Man, Sylvan Esso, Lord Huron, Alexi Murdoch, The Xx, The Head and the Heart, Mazzy Star, Chelsea Wolfe, Bootstraps, PHOX, Bon Iver, Radical Face, Jose Gonzalez, Explosions in the Sky, Daughter, Julien Baker, M83, Iron & Wine, Gregory Alan Isakov, Jesse Woods...

Movies:
180 Degrees South, Jumbo Wild, Away We Go, Frances Ha, Ladybird, Forks Over Knives, Food Inc., Benny & Joon, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Take Me Home

Books:
The Catcher in the Rye, The Namesake, My Year of Meats, A Tale for the Time Being, In Defense of Food, On Photography, First Bite, Food Politics, The Handmaid's Tale, White Noise, The Bell Jar, Wild, Omnivore's Dilemma, The Glass Castle, Desert Solitaire, Dignity, Vagabonding by Rolf Potts (strongly recommend the read for travelers)
Currently reading books on nonviolent communication and restorative justice :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Yosemite National Park

study abroad in Chile
Torres del Paine

Moved to Oregon, farming

Currently living in beautiful Crestone, CO near the Great Sand Dunes National Park

Teach, Learn, Share

I am mostly vegetarian but eat local meat and food
That’s prepared for me

Love to cook and share recipes

I love photography

What I Can Share with Hosts

a homemade vegan meal & raw dessert

conversation

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, France, Germany

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, United States