I work at UC Riverside as a Ph.D. student studying social cognitive neuroscience. I previously lived in Virginia for a couple years, working at Virginia Tech as a research coordinator in psychology and neuroscience research. Before that, I grew up in Santa Cruz, California and went to undergraduate at UCLA.

I like to have in-depth, intellectual conversations with people and I feel most comfortable when talking with people about meaningful topics rather than small talk. I am incredibly sarcastic and love to make jokes. I like to be spontaneous, and try new things. I am an avid fan of history, art, and culture, and seeing live music is where I feel most at home and like myself. I love listening to and exploring new music, and having new music shared with me.

Some of my favorite things:
- Live music
- Discovering and sharing music
- Craft beer
- Poetry/Spoken word
- Hiking/backpacking
- Meditating
- Photography
- Brie cheese
- 49ers and UCLA football
- Reading and writing
- Marvel comics
- Weightlifting
- Disney movies
- Baking

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to take spontaneous trips to new places and I like meeting new people, so it seemed like a perfect fit!

Interests

• writing
• poetry
• photography
• concerts
• music festivals
• baking
• meditation
• comics
• reading
• music
• spoken word
• hiking
• psychology
• social science
• football
• social justice
• craft beer
• poetry slam
• weightlifting
• live concerts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music

- Nirvana
- Future Islands
- Wolf Alice
- Tame Impala
- The Beatles
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- FIDLAR
- The xx
- Glass Animals
- Yeasayer
- Sunflower Bean
- Ray Charles
- DIIV
- Silversun Pickups
- Vince Staples
- Frank Sinatra
- Fugazi
- Anderson Paak
- Crystal Castles
- Tracy Chapman
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Leon Bridges
- Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
- Kevin Morby
- Postal Service
- Elephant Revival
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Refused
- At the Drive In
- Kate Tempest

Books

- Silence
- The Orphan Master's Son
- Where You Go There You Are
- Blood at the Root
- Modern Romance
- The New Jim Crow
- Just Mercy
- Homo Deus
- The Hobbit
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
- The Yellow Birds
- The Unpersuadables
- Waking Up
- When Breath Becomes Air
- World War Z
- The Lies of Locke Lamora

Movies

- Memento
- Iron Man (really any Marvel movie)
- Stranger than Fiction
- Tangled
- Hercules
- Wedding Crashers
- Boondock Saints
- Lord of the Rings
- V for Vendetta
- The Big Short
- Good Will Hunting
- Gladiator
- Almost Famous
- The Truman Show
- The Princess Bride

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Slovenia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States