CURRENT MISSION

You only have one life to live, why waste it?

ABOUT ME

I am open to new experiences and love meeting people. I'm a student and travel when I can.

PHILOSOPHY

Follow the golden rule.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Make connections around the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

To be continued. I will edit this later.

Interests

Art, film, music, and cultures.

• arts
• photography
• film making
• technology
• traveling
• music
• economics
• freelancing

Music, Movies, and Books

Hayao Miyazaki, Zhang Yimou, Bill Kong, Akira Kurosawa, Bill Kong, Ang Lee, Clint Eastwood, Alfred Hitchkock, J.R.R. Tolkein, George R.R. Martin, Frank Herbert, Robert Heinlein, Malcolm Gladwell, Francis Fukuyama, Nicolas Nasim Taleb, Haruki Murakami, etc. et. al.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

United Nations headquarters in NYC (2007)
Future World Leaders Summit, Washington, D.C. Pentagon (2003)
Moved to Chicago and joined Council on Global Affairs (2008)
Ludwig von Mises University Austrian School of Economics (2010)
Worked with a local nonprofit/NGO and a Tech Startup. (2012)
Pursued freelance Photography and studied Filmmaking at the Art Institute - Chicago. (2011)
Military veteran (2013)

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to learn from people who have life experiences, and it isn't about how well educated they are, but what they have learned from their own experiences.