I live primarily in the SF Bay area where I'm studying Environmental Systems Engineering (coastal focus) at Stanford. I spent the previous two summers working in Namibia and Germany, respectively, and am spending the coming semester in Australia. No clue yet what I hope to do long term or where I'll end up, but surprises are fun too.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

One of the best parts about traveling is getting to know cities/towns as people's hometowns and not just tourist destinations. I love hearing peoples stories and sharing their experiences, and I hope to host/pay it forward as soon as I have my own place.

Interests

More than anything, I love to be outside. I spent last quarter at my university's marine station in Monterey diving a few times a week (and miss it thoroughly already). I'm also on ski team at my school, and don't know what I would do without mountains nearby for skiing/running/hiking etc.

• cooking
• running
• traveling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• skiing
• engineering
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I recently jumped off the southernmost cliff in the US (in Hawaii)

What I Can Share with Hosts

(acceptable) cooking skills, stories and hopefully adventures :)

for references see https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/emilyherlyn (I've primarily couchsurfed together with my friend Emily, but we used her account so references are there)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Panama, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States