CURRENT MISSION

Beginning a life outside the classroom

ABOUT ME

I finished my senior year at university and I am realizing the vastness of the world around me. Studying abroad in Thailand taught me the value of world experience and downplayed all the time I have spent listening to my professors. I have been exploring new parts of the world and myself from that adventure and look forward to continuing. I am very interested in the physical planning of our future cities and my travel experiences have done a great deal to inform my vision.

PHILOSOPHY

Make everything a learning experience for better or worse.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and Surfing mainly. I have gone to a couple of local couchsurfing potlucks. Lots of fun!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A friend that I met while traveling in Myanmar told me that he is using this service to travel all across SE Asia. Since then I have had the opportunity to travel with one of my surfers while meeting other kind, interesting people hosting me.

Interests

Global economy, urban planning/space, architecture, design, music, traveling, listening, meeting new people, reading, laughing, forging a life different than where I came from, live music, bars, drinking, having a reason to stay out too late

• architecture
• design
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• live music
• surfing
• economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Books- Catch- 22, Anna Karenina, Johnathan Livingston Seagull, What is the What, No one belongs here more than you, V for Vendetta
Movies- The Fall, Reservoir Dogs, Inglorious Bastards, I heart Huckabees
Music- Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Of Montreal, Arctic Monkeys, Grizzly Bear, Maps and Atlases, Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Teaching a rural Burmese lady how to use my IPOD. She was amazed, because she had never seen one before.

Teach, Learn, Share

Economics, American politics, flute playing, sustainability, city design and city planning

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, France, Germany, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore

Countries I’ve Lived In

Thailand, United States