CURRENT MISSION

To learn about the economic and environmental impacts of water and transportation infrastructure.

ABOUT ME

Married, no kids, living the grad school life. Excited to still be learning!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

During my studies I travelled by staying with different people in Britain and the Dominican Republic. So I've been couch surfing for a while. Why not make it official and join couchsurfing.com? I used couch surfing most recently in Thailand and loved the opportunity to meet good folks and hear about people's lives.

Interests

Books, especially poetry, economics, workable solutions for poverty, cultural immersion.

• culture
• books
• literature
• poetry
• coffee
• traveling
• surfing
• agriculture
• economics
• science
• cultural immersion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman and Robert Altman.

Books: W.B. Yeats, Denise Levertov, W.H. Auden, Adrienn Rich, Salman Rushdie, Wyslaw Mysliwski, Wyslawa Szymborska, Czeslaw Milosz.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once spent the night at Stonehenge during the summer solstice while the druids celebrated the shortest night of the year. They sang folk songs and recited poems throughout the night while I munched on muffins and kicked back with a Newcastle. It was bizarre, but wonderful.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've been studying sustainable agriculture, particularly relating to seed-saving, agricultural biodiversity and agroforestry. My avocations include literature, development economics and information science.

Countries I’ve Visited

Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Georgia, Jordan, Nepal, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kenya, Tajikistan, Thailand, United States