CURRENT MISSION

Living

ABOUT ME

I like the wisdom that new experiences bring to me. I think I am funny in a quirky sort of way. I am spending some time in Venezuela - La Gran Sabana - to do community health and conservation work. I will be starting grad school (to become a nurse practitioner/medical anthropologist) in June after my travels!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have couchsurfed in the past and hope to offer up a couch in the future when I have one available.

Interests

photography, film, culture and its effects on well-being, re-learning to play the piano

• culture
• photography
• piano
• anthropology
• nursing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Ween, Talking Heads, Nick Drake, Jose Gonzalez, Pavement, Flaming Lips, Modern Lovers, Bad Plus, RJD2, Animal Collective, Mumlers...
Movies: Eternal Sunshine, Sleeper, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Pierrot Le Fou, Carne Tremula, The Big Lebowski, The Lives Of Others, Wet Hot American Summer, Run Lola Run, Before Night Falls, Bowfinger, 8 1/2, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Into The Wild, The Fall, Persepolis, Gimme Shelter, Stop Making Sense
Books: Dharma Bums, The Giver, A Farewell to Arms, The Martian Chronicles, Love in the Ruins, How We Are Hungry, The Best of McSweeney's, The Time Traveller's Wife, White Noise, Pirsig's Lila

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Interviewed a shaman in Costa Rica.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a bit about photography and lots about the brain.