CURRENT MISSION

Be the best person I can by helping other people

ABOUT ME

I'm a pretty laid back and love to meet new people and gain new perspectives on the world. I get along with most people. I like variety in my life and I don't like to get stuck in the rut of existence. I love to travel.

I'm currently an 8th grade English teacher on Tinian. I spend most of my time here teaching, coaching, and doing other stuff related to the school. I love snorkeling, diving, and hiking when I get the chance, but those times are a lot fewer than I would like.

PHILOSOPHY

Appreciate what's been given to you and live your life with as few regrets as possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I believe that everyone should take a chance to travel and experience something outside of the box they grow up in. I think the most important part of traveling is not merely seeing the sights, but meeting new people around and in the environment you are visiting. Staying in a hotel is very impersonal and expensive, while couchsurfing allows you to get to know cool people who can tell and show you more than your guidebook and hotel stay will.

Interests

Some of my interests include: reading, sports, being outside, outdoor activities such as snowboarding, surfing, hiking, backpacking, to name a few. I love to travel and see new places. I love to speak Spanish and experiences the cultures related to the language.

• environment
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• snowboarding
• sports
• boxing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Bible, You Shall Know Our Velocity, Dante, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Mere Christianity, White Oleander, One Hundred Years of Solitude, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Life of Pi, The Alchemist, Veronika decides to Die, Hemingway, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Flannery O'Conner, Chekov, Barthelme, Poetry...

Movies: Fight Club, Boondock Saints, Dumb and Dumber, Donnie Darko, Motorcycle Diaries, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Requiem for a Dream, Garden State, Last of the Mohicans, Nightmare Before Christmas, Amelie, Elizabethtown, Dead Poet's Society, The Science of Sleep, Spirited Away

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was in flash-flood once. It was craziness.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Canada, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guam, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Northern Mariana Islands, Spain