CURRENT MISSION

Minding the gap between the life I dream of and the life I live.

ABOUT ME

I was born and raised in a small beach town on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida, USA. I grew up with an excellent family support system. I got my traveling bug and my love of outdoor adventures from my parents, who would take my sister and I on vacations every summer and school holiday.

When I was sixteen I decided to take my first trip without the family and volunteered to work at a kids' summer camp in Romania. I thoroughly enjoyed this combination of traveling for pleasure as well as volunteer opportunities and did it off and on for the next four years. During this same time I had the best years of my life studying education at university in Florida.

After graduating, I moved to Tanzania where I am now a Grade 2 teacher at an international school. I'm having a wonderful time getting to experience long-term, day-to-day life in a new culture. I enjoy traveling around Tanzania and all the other places my journeys have taken me.

PHILOSOPHY

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
--so simple yet so challenging

"Nothing in the world has ever been done by well-rounded people. The good work is done by people with jagged, broken edges because those edges cut things and leave an imprint, a design." ~Harry Crew

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, since I'm so new I haven't get gotten to participate, but I look forward to a new chapter in my traveling adventures!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a baby couch surfer, just crawling around exploring but I'm excited to get up and start traveling the world meeting others in the CS community and welcoming into my town those who share this CS mission.

Interests

Oh, where to begin....
outdoor recreation - camping, hiking, boating, wake boarding, horseback riding to perfect my cowgirl moves, mountain climbing, etc. //the beach//traveling to infinity and beyond// playing chef// reading//scrapbooking//salon & spa days// dancing//spin class//museums//Broadway//live bands// performing arts//karaoke//playing games//movies//planning anything//organizing anything//retail therapy//straightening my hair//gardens//teaching// air hockey//bowling//billiards// socializing with my gang//rollerblading// basketball//American football//enjoying rain- listening to it, relaxing while out of it, playing in it, kisses in it...

• arts
• culture
• singing
• performing arts
• design
• dancing
• education
• dining
• boating
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• socializing
• scrapbooking
• karaoke
• outdoor activities
• equestrian
• hiking
• camping
• sports
• basketball
• rock climbing
• american football
• soccer
• hockey
• bowling
• teaching
• languages
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

oh, where to begin?
Movies: Audrey Hepburns, Die Hards, Blood Diamond, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Silence of the Lambs, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, Garden State, most 'chick flicks'

Music: classical, American country, blues, jazz, hip hop, big band, rock...and the list goes on; I'm quite well-versed.

Books: Brave New World, Walden, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Great Gatsby, The Scarlet Letter, The Grapes of Wrath, anything by: John Grisham, James Patterson, David Baldacci and Nicolas Sparks

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*People all over the world give support to victims of natural disasters
*An eagle soar through the gorges of the Grand Canyon.
*A small village community with so little give all they had so I could be properly welcomed into their homes.
*3 tribes of people singing the same song in 3 different languages.
*My parents 28th wedding anniversary and their self-sacrifice at every moment of my life for my benefit.
*Victoria Falls during flood season.
*The birth of a child

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English, elementary children, scrapbooking

Learn: sewing, French, and snow sports

Share: good food and great stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Tanzania, United States

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