I’m a college student studying comparative literature and Philosophy at a tiny college in Annapolis, Maryland called St. John’s College. Originally, I’m from a small town near Lansing, Michigan, where I grew up with my two parents and a younger sister. Every summer for the past few years, I’ve managed to challenge myself and expand my perspective. Last summer I worked as a Summer Camp Director for a camp with over 500 participants from 7-17. The summer before, I worked a Colorado trail crew, spending every day swinging tools to build trails and every night in a tent. This summer, summer 2022, I’m hoping to continue the perspective-expansion with a trip to India, a country that will push me to step outside of my comfort zone and consider new ways of thinking and living.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hoping for a level of cultural immersion that can’t be found in a hotel or even a hostel.

Interests

World history, literature, philosophy, eastern and western spirituality, ultimate frisbee, basketball, swing dancing, guitar playing, and food.

• literature
• running
• politics
• traveling
• guitar
• history
• medicine
• philosophy
• mountains
• spirituality
• ultimate frisbee

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I’m a lover of classics - a reader of Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Jane Austen.

Music: I’ll listen to anything.

Movies: Not a big movie watcher, but I enjoy a good movie every once in a while. Braveheart is my personal favorite.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saved a life as an EMT!

Teach, Learn, Share

Oddly enough, I’m a swing dance instructor at my college, and I’m happy to teach! I play a bit of guitar, though I have much still to learn.

What I Can Share with Hosts

As much conversation as you’d like about politics, local or global, classic texts of the east or west, economics, history, or science.

A, hopefully, keen perception of modern American culture, urban and rural.

Emergency Medicine knowledge and advice.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, India

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States