CURRENT MISSION

PeaceCorps Armenia

ABOUT ME

My friends call me Pistol- I am currently WWOOFing around the West Coast for my last year of graduate school-- cultivating my inner gypsy! I am very interested in learning as much about regenerative development and this beautiful earth we live on!

PHILOSOPHY

Some of my favorites:

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
-Gandhi

We are all filled with a longing for the wild. There are few culturally sanctioned antidotes for this yearning. We were taught to feel shame for such a desire. We grew our hair long and used it to hide our feelings. But the shadow of the Wild Woman still lurks behind us during our days and in our nights. No matter where we are, the shadow that trots behind us is definitely four-footed.
-Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run With The Wolves

There is a candle in your heart,
ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul,
ready to be filled.
You feel it, don't you?
-Rumi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couch surfed only once! I stayed with a Rainbow Maker in Las Cruces, NM! I think this is the greatest idea ever!

Interests

I love the universe, children/babies, permaculture, international development/poverty alleviation, microfinance, investigative journalism, research, water, politics, dancing, dub step, festivals of all sorts, wildflowers, astrology, astronomy, Tarot, trees, roots, mountains, forestry, light, deserts, traveling, Africa, India, Persian culture, Russia, history, international affairs, glacial lakes, Buddhism, Hinduism, Tantra, Shamanism, Harry Potter, love, magic, reading, exploring, connecting, sharing, learning, loving and growing!!!

• culture
• festivals
• dancing
• running
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• magic
• buddhist
• astronomy
• economics
• forestry
• history
• journalism
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Sound of Music, Gabbeh, Carl Sagan: Cosmos, School of Rock, Elf, Waking Life, Goodbye Lenin

Books: Harry Potter, Joseph Stiglitz, Vandana Shiva, Masanobu Fukuoka, Amartya Sen, Utsa Patnaik, Alex de Waal, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Thich Nhat Hanh, HHDL, Bill Mollison, George Orwell, Benjamin Barber, Rebecca, His Dark Materials Trilogy, Jane Eyre, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, History/ Politics/ Science/ Physics/ Philosophy!

Music: EVERYTHING and anything that'll make me move! Random Rab, Phish, The Werks, Papadosio, Big Gigantic, Nero, Rusko, Fleet Foxes, LCD Soundsystem, Polish Ambassador, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Bibio, Steve Miller Band, Jack Beats, Daft Punk, Cookie Monsta, Flux Pavilion, Emancipator, Mum, East Forest, The Sabri Brothers, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ravi Shankar, Herbie Hancock, Zach Deputy, Ben Harper, Xavier Rudd, Eric Clapton!!!! Always love to learn new music!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I have spent the last couple years in grad school at the University of Denver studying Global Finance, Trade and Economic Integration, Geographic Information Systems and Humanitarian Assistance. My focus was mostly on resource economics. I'm devoted to justice, and understanding the world! I am very interested in spirituality, and am always eager to learn about different perceptions of the meaning of this world!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Armenia, Nepal, United States