CURRENT MISSION

Meeting people, hearing their stories, exchanging points of view, eating good food, dancing, writing.

ABOUT ME

I love meeting new people, hearing their stories, drinking coffee or wine, writing, and playing/cuddling with my cat. I spend a lot of time thinking about how people work, and how the world works. I'm more than a little ridiculous and love to laugh.

My graduate work in psych focused on trauma and resilience (research and therapy). I care about social justice issues, trying to help people have access to the resources they need, and making the world a little brighter.

To balance, I tango. It's amazing.

PHILOSOPHY

Be kind. Kick ass at the things that are important to you. Turn regrets into lessons.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting new people as much as I love going to new places. I'd much rather make a genuine connection with someone, get to know them, and learn what they love about a city than go to a thousand tourist traps.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing has been incredibly kind to me. I met another surfer in Providence, made friends of the amazing hosts I had in Ann Arbor, and made a couple of great connections when in Montreal for a tango festival. I have only good things to say about it. Can't host where I am currently, but I hope to someday.

Interests

Dualities/apparent dichotomies, Reading, writing, coffee, sunshine, thunderstorms, long walks at all hours of the day and night, spontaneous adventures, wine, beer, hearing people's stories, autumn, pumpkin anything.

• cats
• writing
• festivals
• dancing
• tango
• dining
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• drinking
• reading
• socializing
• knitting

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Beloved (Morrison), As I Lay Dying (Faulkner), The Prophet (Gibran), poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay (and others).

Music: Eclectic. Madrigals, Phillip Glass, Alanis Morissette, Ani, Lady Gaga, Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics, tango music, almost anything from the 60s, written in a minor key, or in 12/8 time.

Movies...this changes a lot.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to count!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to knit, make soda from water kefir grains, speak in abab, and make really good truffles and bananas foster. Or, I could teach you 30, which is arguably the most awesome card game ever.

We could trade stories, ideas, and experiences. I have yet to meet someone who isn't interesting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, England, Guatemala, Ireland, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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