CURRENT MISSION
Learn and laugh as much as humanly possible.

ABOUT ME
Kindness, community, and the privilege to travel are what fuel me. I have an insatiable thirst for learning and suspect that everyone carries a backpack of wisdom (a relatively small number of people may have just momentarily lost this metaphoric backpack when it rolled off the top of a small bus, while said metaphoric bus was rolling through a country with lots of turns and bumps in the road). Wait, what?
I usually want to laugh, dance (unless song lyrics grate on me), or just be by myself walking around taking photos or reading a clever book. I enjoy being around most human animals and non-human ones (cats, dogs, whales, capybara, flamingoes, you name it). I believe that no one fits neatly into a paragraph or a box (except cats), and I’m drawn to people—and art—that mix humor, seriousness, and just enough absurdity to keep life interesting.

PHILOSOPHY
For personal and community connection, I think it’s healthy to act in ways that promote learning, fairness, and understanding. I also make sure that I don't take myself too seriously (see above about laughing and absurdity).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I feel lucky that each CS experience I've had has been pretty great in its own unique way. I find it to be a generally terrific community of people who are kind, thoughtful, and genuinely want to have conversations and enjoy a little moment of life together—some have remained friends for ages.

Interests

For better or worse, I may be interested in too many things. Some interests include improving my Spanish, photography, hiking whenever/wherever, and as always, travel to anywhere.

• books
• photography
• dancing
• education
• philanthropy
• traveling
• music
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to mention...and better discussed than listed.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Best discussed by swapping some stories.

Teach, Learn, Share

Definitely, we should.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Japan, Mexico, United States

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