CURRENT MISSION

Sampling food from every city, learning everything about food science, and designing digital products to change the world by leveraging behavioral economics, gamification, design and code.

ABOUT ME

I'm a budding product designer, a DC native. I'm an engineer at heart with a love for food, programming, and innovation.
I like hosting dinner parties for friends and try to sample food around the world, from street food to famous chefs, in order to draw ideas and inspiration.

PHILOSOPHY

Dream the impossible. Do it anyways.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm traveling around to meet people in all different cities, learn and discuss food culture and maybe even introduce them to great eateries they haven't been to or known about.
I'm open to grabbing a bite in the Northern VA area with people and telling them about dining around town.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've mainly stayed with people I've already known on my travels and am hoping to get out of that shell. I had a really great trip to NOLA, but haven't really used CS since due to other obligations.

Interests

I enjoy a wide range of manga and anime.
I've done 3 stair races in my life: 103 floors up the Willis tower in Chicago, 140 floors up the CN Tower in Toronto, and 180 floors up the Presidential towers in Chicago.
I enjoy cooking, learning food science and visiting restaurants.

• dining
• anime
• traveling
• socializing
• drawing
• engineering
• food

Music, Movies, and Books

📚: On Food and Cooking; Rise of the Robots; Design of Everyday Things; Predictably Irrational; Listen, Liberal

🎥: The Other Guys; Her; Good Will Hunting; Scott Pilgrim; American Psycho; Kickass

📺: Community; Sherlock; How I Met Your Mother; Better Off Ted; Jessica Jones

🎶: Bo Burnham; Tim Minchin; Ylvis; The Lonely Island; anything I can dance to or has clever/funny lyrics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I ran up the Sears/Willis Tower in Chicago.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you all I know about food science, Thai culture, restaurants, programming, and UX design/Human-Computer Interaction.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can help cook, teach food science, take them along on a food adventure, maybe help review the user experience/information architecture of any website they're working on.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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