public high school English teacher and unionist

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

best way to travel, no question ;
if requesting to stay, please write a message that indicates why we, in particular, would get along!

Interests

pitching tents by the water ;
recycling cardboard for protest signs ;
throwing shit in a pot and calling it dinner ;
throwing friends in a car and calling it a road trip ;
applying chapstick ;
relying on the kindness of strangers ;
seeing plays written by kids and acted by grown-ups ;
bringing frittata to a potluck ;
riding a poorly maintained road bike

• potluck
• traveling
• cycling
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Fun Home, Junot Díaz, Phantom Tollbooth, Zadie Smith, Toni Morrison, Le petit prince, James Baldwin, Cloud Atlas, Kurt Vonnegut, Arundhati Roy

Janelle Monáe, Joanna Newsom, Miguel, Bon Iver, India.Arie, Frank Ocean, Chance, Bruce, Sufjan, Sweet Honey, Radiohead

Pariah, Norma Rae, Pride, her, Y tu mama tambien, Hayao Miyazaki, Paris is Burning, The Wise Kids, How to Survive A Plague, Saved!, It's A Wonderful Life

Parks and Rec, sense8, The Wire, Orange is the New Black, Freaks and Geeks, Avatar the Last Airbender, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, High Maintenance, The West Wing, Whatever this is., 30 Rock

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

back route to Machu Picchu ;
summiting Mount Kenya for sunrise ;
sunset in the Masai Mara ;
building igloos in Miyagi Prefecture ;
lakeside candlelit dinner in Udaipur

Teach, Learn, Share

learn how to skip a really great stone ;
teach how to fall asleep anytime, anyplace

What I Can Share with Hosts

meticulously crafted playlists

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States