CURRENT MISSION

Trying to find balance between traveling and having a place that feels like home to me...

ABOUT ME

I recently finished a dual degree graduate program in Public Administration and Latin American Studies. I'm in the process of moving from Tucson to the Boston area, so unfortunately I can't host at this time, but time permitting I would be happy to meet up with travelers or provide area information.

PHILOSOPHY

"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any." ~Gandhi

"Everything in moderation, even moderation."

And of course, the quintessential...
"Be the change you wish to see." ~Gandhi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just joined but I like the CS philosophy and plan to host whenever I am able to.

Interests

In addition to traveling, I love photography; both seeing and doing it. I'm interested in healing, poetry, social justice & social movements, quantum physics (just to name a few). I enjoy night swimming under the stars, most types of music and reading. Random specifics: Nan Goldin, Doctors Without Borders, National Geographic, Art Galleries, Human Rights, Paris, David Hockney, Documentaries, Port Cities, T.S. Eliot, Mohandas Gandhi, "Development," Immigration, Non-violent Resistance, Picasso, Running, Maps, on and on...

• arts
• poetry
• photography
• documentaries
• human rights
• running
• reading
• traveling
• music
• swimming
• cartography
• physics
• public administration

Music, Movies, and Books

So many but a few stand out as favorites...
Movies: Babel, High Art, My Own Private Idaho, The Constant Gardener, Tree of Life
Music: Modest Mouse, The Idan Raichel Project, DeVotchka, Kings of Leon, Manu Chao,
Books: The Kite Runner, A Fine Balance, The Sound & the Fury, Middlesex, The Devil's Highway

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Spain, United States