CURRENT MISSION

Exploring the world while volunteering

ABOUT ME

I have traveled extensively, volunteered in many places, love to immerse myself in the culture of the places I go. Love to meet the locals. I am adventurous, flexible and very curious. I have volunteered as an educational consultant in Burma for 10 weeks, at a Cambodian orphanage for a month, and twice to a rural women's college in Honduras to teach math and science to an amazing group of women. I recently volunteered in Lautoka, Fiji helping disadvantaged young women and single mothers benefit from government programs that will enable them to work and become independent. I spent the last year traveling and volunteering in South America.

PHILOSOPHY

Life goes by fast - use every moment as best you can, keep learning every day, pay-it-forward. Never become complacent.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have had many positive experiences couchsurfing and it reaffirms my belief that 95% of us are wonderful, caring people and so....I want to know you and share life stories while volunteering around the world.

Interests

Hiking, art, theatre, science, love doing puzzles, scrabble

• arts
• culture
• traveling
• puzzles
• hiking
• scuba diving
• mathematics
• science
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

These change as new things appear and my memory gets worse. I love classical music, jazz....most music really. I read WIRED magazine and Scientific American. I get very absorbed in books to the extent of being anti-social so I am mindful of reading long things. Movies - just saw A Theory of Everything - the life of Stephen Hawking - an amazing acting feat. Enjoyed 'Her', 'The Hundred Foot Journey' and many others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wow, it's hard to choose. A manta ray night dive in Hawaii, a jungle hike in Malaysia with a conservationist, Jerusalem in it's entire complexity (socially, culturally, religion), Siem Reap with a local friend on motorbike down the sandy back roads through hidden villages.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you simple macrame and in no time you will have a bracelet to remember our meeting each other. Of course, I love math, so if you want math - well, anytime !!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel stories from the many experiences I have had in the decades of traveling.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Cambodia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fiji, Honduras, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States