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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, Italian
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Student
  • B.S. Biology M.S/PhD(?). Horticulture
  • From Virginia, USA
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Go everywhere, see everything, meet everyone I can, have an effing blast.

ABOUT ME

I have an insane love of adventure, exploration and discovery.

Enjoy learning all I can from others. Particularly fond of insightful people and good conversation.

Will go out and have a good time as well as stay in just to hang out.

Graduate student at Cornell University, studying root physiological ecology of invasive species.

PHILOSOPHY

"life's hard. get a helmet"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have used couch surfing once and thought of it as one of the best traveling experiences I've had.

Interests

running, bicycling, stargazing, horticulture, food, movies, literature.

  • literature
  • dining
  • running
  • movies
  • traveling
  • surfing
  • ecology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have managed to crash my bicycle twice down a gravel road on the slope of Reddish Knob, West Virginia and lived to tell the tale (with a lot of scars).

Most amazing thing I've seen is peak migration along the shores of the DelMarVa Peninsula.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Haiti, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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