CURRENT MISSION

To accurately represent the voices of the poor through a microfinance lens.

ABOUT ME

I'm currently spending a year researching microfinance from the female borrower perspective. I'll be travelling to Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Rwanda, and Peru. My aim is to settle down in a village somewhere and really get to know the women who have borrowed from MFIs. I want to collect their experiences and share their stories.

I'm a feminist, krav maga lover, who cherishes those little moments of connection and understanding that can occur with complete and total strangers. I love good food, good music, and experiencing new things!

Currently living my life minute by minute.

PHILOSOPHY

"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise." - Alice Walker

I also believe that if you trust in the world and do good, you will somehow receive what you give back in one way or another.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate by lovingly exploiting the benefits of the couchsurfing site with the hopes of being able to give back to this community more when I'm back in Austin, Texas and not traveling every two months!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have never personally hosted, but close friends and family have. Spent time with some lovely people who have visited Austin this way. One couple was french and traveling the world on their honeymoon! so cooool!

兴趣

Hiking, traveling, eating delicious meals, waking up next to and spending time with Canyon Darcy, reading, watching documentaries, writing essays, studying, researching, krav maga, meeting new people, learning new languages, and the list goes on!

• writing
• documentaries
• dining
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• languages

音乐、电影和书籍

Hugo by Martin Scorsese and Amelie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet are my favorite favorite favorite films. They both, in their own way, encapsulate and bring to life the tiny, fleeting, beautiful, joy-filled moments that make our existence worth existing.
For music, I love anything that has a tempo that I can dance to.I am not a huge fan of country, however.
For Books, the most current books that I've really enjoyed was Sheryl Sandburg's 'Lean In'.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I once crossed the Atlantic ocean by holding on to a single baleen plate of a large beluga whale. Yep.

教，学，和分享

I am pretty new to couchsurfing, so any pro-tips you can send my way would be awesome!

我游览过的国家

Austria, Bahamas, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

Bangladesh, Canada, United States, Viet Nam