CURRENT MISSION

To make fulfilling and inspiring connections with others

ABOUT ME

I am an extremely curious young adult looking forward to the many adventures to come! I was raised to have an intense love for th outdoors and a need to travel. I grew up on a hobby farm in suburban Minnesota and am now going to school out east. At college, I am a Theatre major and a Women's Studies minor. I am extremely interested in finding a way to combine theatre and outdoor education in my life. I love working with and learning from children.

PHILOSOPHY

If you send positive energy out into the world you are more likely to receive positive energy back. If you send negative energy out into the world, you are more likely to receive negative energy back.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am currently studying abroad in New Zealand and am hoping to meet fascinating people and learn while CouchSurfing!

Interests

Theatre as a vehicle for education, playing ukelele, camping, canoeing, women's issues, working with kids, backpacking, photography, wool, campfires, learning how to cook!, playing, honey, singing with others, small theatre companies, holistic medicine,

• singing
• photography
• dancing
• education
• dining
• cooking
• chess
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• backpacking
• canoeing
• camping
• hunting
• teaching
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Things They Carried, If I Live To Be 100, Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom, The Crucible, The Long Valley, Frankenstein, Bossypants, The Secret Life of Bees

Music: Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, James Taylor, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Noah and the Whale, Bon Iver, and anything that has a feel good vibe: I'm a sucker for shamelessly happy music.

Movies: American Beauty, Midnight in Paris, Definitely Maybe, The Romantics, Little Miss Sunshine

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Canoeing through the BWCA of Minnesota and braving the mosquitos to see shooting stars at night, dancing around the summer solstice bonfire, more to come!

Teach, Learn, Share

What I might be able to teach: how to survive a cold winter, how the body and the mind are linked, how to take care of sheep, how to make pesto, how to do a sock bun, how to make a dandelion chain, how to criss cross jump rope backwards with your eyes closed

What I Want to Learn: so much! But specifically: how to develop strumming patterns for ukulele, how to do aerial acrobatics, how to cook well, how to be patient, how to be a more effective photographer, how to be a stronger canoer, how to cook raw chicken and not get food poisoning, how to play chess, how to do a hand handed cartwheel

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belize, Canada, French Polynesia, New Zealand

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States