CURRENT MISSION

Adventure in the meantime.

ABOUT ME

I'm a hugger. I am half mama-bird and half little chick--if I'm not helping someone band-aid a part of themselves, I'm likely playing hard, wide-eyed and silly. I love books and coffee and good food.

My profession is pregnancy, infants, and birth--but I have done just about everything (legal) there is to do. I am currently living in Santa Ana, working as an au pair. If all goes as planned, the next 6 months will pay a hefty chunk of my midwifery school tuition. I work long hours during the week, but would love a friend (or ten) nearby to go grab a meal or a cocktail with. In particular, I am looking for someone who is as excited to take weekend adventures as I am. Or someone who can show me the ins and outs of living in this beautiful country.

PHILOSOPHY

I love life and am so very thankful for it. My life has not afforded me the luxury of much international travel, but I have found magic in the everyday, everywhere.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to couchsurfing, but I think the idea is phenomenal. I don't have a couch to offer at the moment, but would love to connect with other travelers and locals.

Интересы

Literature. Dance. Beauty in the ordinary. Birth. Gender/Sexuality. Belly laughs. Silly reverence. The prospect of meeting a sloth.

• books
• literature
• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• cocktails
• coffee
• running
• traveling
• magic
• law
• au-pair

Музыка, кино и книги

Steinbeck, Brautigan, Eggers, Anais Nin, Miranda July, Bukowski, Marquez, Toni Morrison, Jeanette Winterson, and good books made for little people. I could read for days on end. Yum.

I love documentary, and dark comedies, and am a damn lemming for all the cult classics. I love going TO the movies, to see almost anything. But only if there's chocolate.

My ears like all kinds of magic: soul, blues,"indie", bluegrass, latin, classic rock...My three most worn-in songs this year are "Zombie Jamboree" by Harry Belafonte, "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye, and "Shake it Out" by Florence and The Machine.

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

I've floated above running coyotes while hangliding, sailed the Cyclades, protested on Washington and in NYC, watched my mom beat late stage cancer, outran a tornado with my car...but there's a reason I'm in birth work. Each time I see a baby born, I glimpse the truest and biggest kind of magic.

Где я побывал(-а)

Canada, Greece, Mexico

Где я жил(-а)

Costa Rica, United States