Hello! I'm a traveling tutor trying to figure out what I want to do with my career, and enjoying myself until I figure it out! I just finished a year and a half of traveling around Central and South America, and now I'm checking out Europe for a while until I settle back in in the US. Who knows- maybe I'll fall in love with a country/city and stay! I am an artist, a social scientist, and an activist, and I love learning from the people I meet in my travels as they further develop my understanding of human nature. There's so much to learn!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have learned that when I stay at hostels I always do what I was planning on doing on my itinerary. There is some value in that, but the things I've seen, people I've met, and places I've been because of couch surfing are FAR more valuable than the classic trip advisor schedule. I think that one of the best ways to fully understand a culture and a people is to see how they live, which you just don't see from a hostel. Couchsurfing started out as a way to travel economically while meeting locals, but it has completely changed for me, in that now I travel to do couchsurfing, not the other way around.

Interests

I'm an artist in all of its forms except that my participation is music is from a place of non-participatory appreciation. Everything else is fair game! I write, paint, sculpt, act, and dance. I'm also active in sports and I love hiking etc. in the great outdoors. I am an intersectional feminist which basically means that the way I see feminism is not separated from all of the other isms (classism, racism, ableism, etc.). I'm going on 2 years of travel now, so I guess you could say travel is one of my interests, though I think that's a given being on this site!

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Arctic Monkeys, Señor Loop, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bajofondo Tango Club, M.I.A., Philips Glass, The Beatles, Beats Antique, Snarky Puppy, too many to name.

Movies: Almost Famous, Machuca, and Clueless are probably my most watched movies, but I'm a huge fan of dramas, some comedies, and some documentaries!

Books: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Frankenstein, Between the World and Me, Witness to Nuremberg, The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, The Goldfinch, The Ethical Slut, Stop Wanting...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Started a cookie business in Boquete, Panama. I made and sold my cookies in town and lived off of that for about 6 months!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English, Spanish, Psychology, Feminism, baking, knitting, radical empathy

Learn: EVERYTHING. I want to learn about the culture of the people I'm visiting, local food, and history. Plus anything else I can't even think of!

Share: Ideology, laughs, weird stories

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my cheap travel tips, my excellent cooking and baking, a new perspective, a new experience!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Poland, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Panama, United States