ABOUT ME

I am a Colorado native turned Wisconsinite (I'm here for the cheese and beer). I am currently in my last year of four years of veterinary school at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine.

PHILOSOPHY

I think I can sum it up in two quotes (sorry if it's cheesy to use quotes):

"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."
- Groucho Marx

"Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out all the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them."
-Christopher John Francis Boone "The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I still new to all of this and learning the ropes. I wish I could host more but school takes up all of my time and I'm afraid I wouldn't be a very good host :(. I would still love to meet people for coffee or a drink!

As for surfing, I'm really excited to meet new people and have new experiences. I've heard wonderful things about CS and can't wait to add some experiences to my profile :).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just had my first experience surfing in Austin and it was a blast! So excited to do this again and meet more people!

Interests

Well, I don't have much spare time these days but most of what I do have I spend hanging out with my dog (pug and boston terrier mix), baking, or attempting to improve my photography skills. The rest of the time I can usually be found with my nose in a book at a coffee shop. When all else fails, I can usually be tracked down to the nearest bottle of red wine.

• dogs
• books
• photography
• wine
• red wine
• cheese
• beer
• coffee
• baking
• working out
• drinking
• flying
• shopping
• socializing
• surfing
• teaching
• medicine
• science
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I'm addicted to Spotify. I love that I can constantly browse new music and find artists I would have never come across before. Recently I've been playing a lot of: Shovels & Rope, MS MR, Banks, Daughter. I really love all kinds of music though.

Movies: My all time favorite is the Princess Bride. Other top picks include: Jurassic Park, Aliens

TV: Game of Thrones, Girls, True Detective, Parks and Rec

Books: A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones series), Outlander series, Stieg Larsson's Trilogi, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Kitchen Confidential. and Candide.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went to Nicaragua a couple years ago as a "last hurrah" before starting vet school. My most memorable moment was when our wonderful guide decided to take us off the normal tour. He brought us to a cave opening at the base of a volcano. As the sunset, we waited at the mouth of the cave and he told me to point my camera in and wait. All of a sudden, hundreds of bats begin flying out of the cave and I can feel the wind from their wings as they whizzed past my face. Their navigation skills were amazing and not a single one of us was actually touched by the bats. In addition, I got some amazing pictures!
Then I started vet school and learned that it was much more dangerous than I realized at the time but I don't regret it. I was an absolutely incredible experience!

Teach, Learn, Share

I speak french and I am a science tutor. I also mentor a lot of younger kids and often end up mentoring other vet students as well!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, England, France, Nicaragua, Spain, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States