CURRENT MISSION

Exploring Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, ect this summer

ABOUT ME

Addicted to information about anything and everything and I find too many things interesting.
I'm a History major, focusing in Comparative Colonialism, because it allows me to jump around and learn about different continents.
I am studying Arabic...I love it. It is challenging but I hope to learn more, possibly through this site.

PHILOSOPHY

Too young to have one, and always will be.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I write articles for Surfers Making Waves.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had coffee with people and hope to meet more! I can't let people stay over currently, since I live in a dorm.

Interests

Arabic
Journalism
Media
Modern Literature
William Faulkner
Colonialism
Agency
History of anything
Sustainability, environment consumerism
Cats, Bears, ANIMALS!

• animals
• cats
• culture
• literature
• environment
• coffee
• communications
• history
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Middlesex, The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Catch 22, The Poisonwood Bible, King Leopold's Ghost, The Mill and the Floss
Movies: The Squid and the Whale, Paradise Now, Up,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went to Madurai, India in Tamil Nadu. I saw my uncle get married in a temple (he had lived there for a long time).I traveled to a rain forest in Kerala. I taught English at a small after school program for women for a week. I documented children of parents with Leprosy at a YWCA in order to help with fund raising. I still have a copy of it. It is the most important thing I've done. Before I went, I raised over a $1,000 for aid relief because of the Tsunami. I donated it to a really small organization called Land for Tillers Freedom (LAFTI). Please visit their site. I visited their headquarters-very progressive.

Teach, Learn, Share

Living:
Going to a woman's college
Mid Westerner going to school on the east coast
Learning a Middle Eastern language and dialect
A child of divorce with now an huge family
Perspective

What I want to know:
Arab culture, especially Egyptian and the Levant area
Arabic life in America and experiences
Inner city life, experiences
Breaking my assumptions of what it is like to live in a certain place
Musicians
Life after college -- especially pertaining to journalism

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States