Peace Corps WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) volunteer in the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé in western Panama. I live in a small community of about 230 residents and I am working with families to improve their household water access, hygiene behaviors, sanitation, and overall quality of life.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I would love to host visitors traveling through Panama or Central America. Mainstream tourism has not come to the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé yet, so this is one of the only ways for English or Spanish-speaking foreigners to really experience the culture of Panama's largest indigenous group.

I live a 40-minute pickup truck ride and then an hour hike from the nearest town, San Felix. It's out of the way but a true backcountry experience!

兴趣

• coffee
• triathlon
• gardening
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• skiing
• snowboarding
• swimming
• ukulele
• harmonica
• environmental justice
• jewelry making
• civil engineering
• cooking and baking
• acapella
• celtic music

音乐、电影和书籍

Several favorite music artists: Rudimental, the 1975, The Head and the Heart, Sia, Imagine Dragons, Halsey, The Lumineers, MIKA, Walk the Moon, Bleachers, LP, St. Lucia, Little Comets, Kodaline, Niko & Vinz, Jeremy Loops, Noah & the Whale, San Fermin, The Griswolds, Kygo, Disclosure

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Studied and interned at Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology in Ulsan, South Korea for a summer. The civil engineering lab I interned in researched different methods for electrokinetic decontamination of radioactive concrete.

教，学，和分享

Teach: Ngäbere language and culture, rural living, life of a Peace Corps volunteer
Learn: anything!

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I can share my experience as a young American living and working in the Panamanian Ngäbe culture.

我游览过的国家

Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, South Korea

我居住过的国家

Panama, United States