CURRENT MISSION

Be free while I'm young. Listen to others ideas, question conventional thinking, live sustainably, do good.

ABOUT ME

10 years ago I left my home in Minnesota in a canoe, and haven't stopped traveling since. I have canoed/sailed the entire Mississippi river 4 times, squatted a cave in Granada Spain, worked as a university professor in Brazil, built community in NYC, and most recently spent the last 4 years doing rainforest conservation work in Colombia.

I mostly work as a wilderness/camping guide and love being outdoors. I am passionate about social justice campaigns, and try to get involved wherever I am living. Right now I am spending time in NYC as I try to figure out where to move next.

PHILOSOPHY

The most interesting people you will meet are a little bit crazy. Intersectional Environmental Justice, Critical Race Theory, and Queer theory are my obsessions. Kindness and generosity are what I practice.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I cannot host people at the moment because I am traveling. I've met some amazing people through being a guest, and right now just want to use couchsurfing to meet locals while I travel.

Interests

Exploring, birding, partying, climbing things, speaking Spanish, subterranean tunnel exploring, hiking, camping, queer community, squats, canoeing, hearing stories, meeting new people.

• literature
• partying
• raves
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• backpacking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• sailing
• environmental studies
• urban exploration
• brazil
• lgbt
• social justice
• queer
• edm
• caves
• environmental justice
• spanish
• birding
• lesbian
• nature conservation
• djs
• racial justice
• queer theory
• lgbtq+
• critical race theory
• lgbtq
• granada
• decolonial theory
• traditional ecological knowledges

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS
Braiding Sweetgrass
Octavia Butler
Mrs. Dalloway
Into the Wild

MOVIES
Indiana Jones
Fried Green Tomatoes
Cloud Atlas
Anything by Pedro Almodovar
Wes Anderson films

MUSIC
Always changing, right now I really like Seu Jorge, Natalia Laforcade, Calle 13, and Bob Marley

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent 2 months living in a cave in Granada, Spain. We were experimenting with living outside of the capitalist system, in a way that was environmentally sustainable, rejects consumerism, and centers community.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
I like to cook for people. I can talk about academic theories and have great intellectual conversations around queer, feminist, and critical race theory. I also can help people practice their English.

LEARN
I love talking to people from different places because I love learning others perspectives and ideas. I have notebooks full of interesting quotes that I have heard from people I've met. I am also trying to figure out what I want to do and who I want to be when I grow up, and talking to people about their lives is the best way for me to figure that out.

SHARE
I love getting drinks and sharing ideas and stories with others more than anything.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Great conversation and a home cooked meal :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Italy, Spain, United States, Virgin Islands, British

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