CURRENT MISSION

To better the world and have a little fun doing it

ABOUT ME

I currently work for the American Red Cross in Durham, NC (recently moved from the West Coast). Thinking about hiking the Appalachian Trail. Spent a while with AmeriCorps and other travel-based service programs. I love volunteering!

PHILOSOPHY

I don't know, I guess right now I just want to work and travel as much as possible. I see a great need for both service and advocacy in our society. I used to be a big hippie.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Did the whole hitchhiking/international travelling thing and then found out there was this cool website! I couchsurfed and visited friends along the East Coast a couple of years ago, but haven't been too active since. I hope to someday have a couch of my own.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

See above. Met some cool people, including a disc golf fanatic in New York, a bluegrass band in Baltimore, and a National Geographic intern in DC.

Interests

Music, Food (eating and cooking), improv, physical labor, biking, hiking, volunteering, puns, NPR

• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• golf
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: 80s comedies, like Mel Brooks and Airplane
Music: Classic R&B, funk, jazz, folk, reggae, latin, classic rock
Books: Tom Robbins, James Baldwin, Shel Silverstein, funny memoirs like David Sedaris.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Responding to the tsunami in Amercan Samoa in October 2009. Flew over on a military cargo plane days after the disaster hit. Locals were amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music theory, some construction, Red Cross First Responder and other emergency/disaster preparedness, power tools/chainsaw, trail maintenance, wildfire behavior, volunteer management, anything I heard on NPR that I can BS

What I Can Share with Hosts

See above

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Dominican Republic, Germany, Guatemala, Jordan, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, United States

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