CURRENT MISSION

Seeking agriculture projects/farming projects to help with.

ABOUT ME

Continually seeking personal growth through learning and volunteer work. Volunteered with the Global Volunteer Network in the Galapagos Island of San Cristobal, travelled to Vietnam, Thailand, Kenya, Ecuador, Brazil, and Argentina. Interested in environmental conservation, enabling the disadvantaged through education and training, and supporting individual growth and discovery.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy every moment. Appreciate diversity. Always serve and treat others the way you want to be treated. I love life and want to experience all of the tastes, smells, sounds, and sights of the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd like to volunteer my time and experience in exchange for lodging in rural communities.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It has always been through friends and acquaintances that I've offered or sought a couch to rest on.

Interests

People's stories, child development and education, empowerment and development of women and girls, environmental conservation, cultural preservation, human rights and equality. Patriotism. Running, hot yoga, climbing, backpacking, any outdoors activities, and getting an extra squeeze out of life.

• writing
• education
• human rights
• triathlon
• yoga
• marathon
• running
• technology
• volunteer work
• outdoor activities
• backpacking
• skydiving
• rock climbing
• agriculture
• teaching
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

The Constant Gardener, Legends of the Fall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, Harold and Maude, The Last Kiss. Old School break beats and rap, slow rock, alternative rock, country, folk music, and bluegrass. East of Eden, The Alchemist, The Fool's Progress, Memoirs of a Geisha, Shogun.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Launched and operated a Free Health Clinic for the indigent in Sheridan, Wyoming. Among a list of high's in my life, I dedicated my all to this project and it will always lie close to my heart. Other things: Worked on the San Cristobal in the Galapagos Islands, went skydiving, experienced Kenya during the presidential elections and teachers' strike in 2002, climbed Pike's Peak,completed the Marine Corps Marathon, completed a triathlon with a fear of deep waters, volunteered at the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters.

Teach, Learn, Share

Information technology, process development, marketing analysis, and strategic planning, grant writing, fundraising; Spanish and Vietnamese language development. Agricultural growth.