CURRENT MISSION

Trying to backpack through Europe with my best friend (my sister)

ABOUT ME

I'm a student at the University of Southern California currently, and am studying Public Relations, Consumer Behavior, and the Music Industry. i LOVE music. I plan concerts for my school and have brought acts like The Game, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, The Fray, Hot Hot Heat, and more. I also volunteer as a counselor and tutor for inner city school children, and am also the philanthropy chair of my sorority, Delta Delta Delta.
Besides music, I really enjoy just hanging out with friends, exploring LA, good restaurants and cafes, reading, going to fun parties, and a lot more.

PHILOSOPHY

Life, Music, Love, Friends. That's all you need.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently I just want to travel, but I am definitely up for meeting other couch surfers who want someone to point out places in LA to go or meet up for dinner!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

n/a, but I did study abroad in France over the summer last year.

Interests

TOO MUCH! genuine friends, bonfires and s'mores, magazines (music, beauty, fashion, national geographic), chucks and slip-on vans, tutti dolce's creme brulee body cream, team georgia geoooorgia!, juju my miniature schnauzer, lip rings or eyebrow rings on guys, ballet flats and slides, waitressing (i like talking to people), flowers in my hair, stila smudgepots, yvonne's hot chocolate, old jazz live (especially at UnUrban on Pico. that and their blended chai and mismatched furniture= perfection), my mini green ipod, bobby pins, playing with colors, stingrays, basketball, breaking it down to "the seed" by the roots, aquariums, outdoor parisian markets, accoustic songs (ie. everlong), anthropologie for their cute lamps and flowy skirts, golden peach blush, incubus's S.C.I.E.N.C.E. album while driving, wedding dresses, ella fitzgerald on 790 AM, shiny hair, black and white photography, kisses on the forehead, getting a smile returned, noticing a paperback in a boy's back pocket, santa monica, kindness, the juice...

• books
• fashion
• photography
• beauty
• concerts
• ballet dancing
• philanthropy
• chocolate
• partying
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• outdoor activities
• backpacking
• basketball
• teaching
• law
• study abroad
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: ultimate is incubus, mraz live, keane, bloc party, and minus the bear. also dig Damian and Bob Marley, RHCP, lupe fiasco, ratatat, aceyalone, people under the stairs, the kooks, thom yorke, sarah bareilles (DL love song), mutemath, sarah vaughn, charles mingus, muse, daft punk, louis armstrong, nas, arcade fire, dave brubeck, zion i, the faint, stars, cary brothers, broken social scene, metric, silversun pickups, joshua radin, india arie, bob sinclar, feist, imogen heap, miles davis, corinne bailey rae, billie holiday, talib kweli, the roots, the format, john coltrane, hot chip, sage francis, dispatch, mae, interpol, ella fitzgerald, thelonious monk, harry connick jr., ani difranco, fiona apple, amos lee, killers, bravery, pigeon john, snow patrol, matisyahu, n.e.r.d., lauryn hill, jack's mannequin, 311, coldplay, bjork, radiohead, tristan prettyman, rx bandits, ne yo (seriously), charlie parker, and the list will go on forever

MOVIES: amelie, almost famous, superstar!, i heart huckabees, zoolander, fight club, free willy, chasing liberty, say anything, and basically any cameron crowe film

BOOKS: augusten burroughs: dry
dave sedaris: me talk pretty one day
dave eggers: a heartbreaking work of staggering genius and you shall know our velocity;
orson scott card: ender's game, ender's shadow, and the whole lot..;
nick hornby: high fidelity and a long way down;
c.s. lewis: EVERYTHING;
aaand photography books, esp robert doisneau and bruce davidson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Paris from Sacre-Coeur. GORGEOUS!

Teach, Learn, Share

Life is too short, so live it up. Memories and experiences are far more important than any material possession. Love a select few people, and love them greatly and with all you've got. Don't stretch yourself out too thin. Just make a difference in the loved ones in your life, and you have left the world a better place.