Food, stories, and spending time outside bring me a lot of happiness. Also a big fan of mornings, tea, board games, flowers, and cats. As a public health researcher, I study public policy strategies to promote healthy aging and community resilience to disasters. I feel equally at home in the southeast, New England, and the Pacific Northwest; basically anywhere with big trees is fine. Mountains help too.

Interessen

• baking
• running
• reading
• hiking

Musik, Filme und Bücher

I've been reading a lot of poetry recently: Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Mary Oliver, Alice Walker, and Walt Whitman are some favorites. Nonfiction-wise, I've loved essay/memoirs (Terry Tempest Williams, Annie Dillard, Zadie Smith) and favorite non-fiction recently has been Dreamland, Five Days at Memorial, and Evicted.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Held several live hummingbirds in my hands (I studied ecology in college, which involved some pretty magical fieldwork experiences)

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I love to talk about books, and I'm a big policy wonk, specifically on issues of disasters, aging, and public health, so always happy to share thoughts on that! I've also recently become decent at baking sourdough .

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

Baked goods, vegetarian meals, and being a good listener

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Costa Rica, Namibia, South Africa

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

United States