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Overview

  • 11 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Hebrew (modern), Japanese, Kinyarwanda, Swahili
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Developer
  • Penn State...and homeschooled
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

ABOUT ME
Wow, 10 years of couchsurfing!
*Here's my original "about me" written in 2009:*
• I want to know a lot of languages, become a film director, and get rich so I can host lots of couchsurfers
• I want to become a really good translator and a really good graphic designer.
• I love it when you think you've felt all the feelings that there are to feel and then you travel somewhere new and you feel different.

*Updated about me in 2019:*
• I now have a house and can host lots of couch surfers!
• I know three languages and can count to ten in half a dozen others.
• I didn't become a film director, but I got a grant in 2011 to produce my senior film.
• As far as I know, I still haven't felt all the feelings...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I've hosted one official couchsurfer on my boat (before I had a house), and several unofficial.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
On a bike trip across the south of France in 2010 I stayed at 6 different couchsurfs.
I biked from Seattle to San Francisco in 2013 and met a ton more awesome people!

Interests

distance running, sailing, living on boats, electronics, the maker movement, computer science and art

  • arts
  • design
  • graphic design
  • marathon
  • running
  • partying
  • flying
  • electronics
  • boating
  • technology
  • movies
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • sailing
  • computer science
  • languages
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Abre Los Ojos, Hable con Ella, A Series of Unfortunate Events

Calle 13, Julieta Venegas, Silvio Rodriguez, ATB, Muse, Gypsy Kings

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I ran a half marathon after partying all night and then I ate champagne and mm's for lunch.

That's not really amazing.

More recently, I ran a 50 mile ultramarathon with a 9,000ft elevation climb and drank a fourloko at mile 17. I got lost and ran four extra miles, but I finished the race.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tie some sweet knots.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Canada, Chile, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, France, Mexico, United States

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