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Overview

  • 6 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Art Education Student/ Self Employed
  • some college. otherwise...
  • From Westerville, OH, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

connect and learn from as many people and places as possible

ABOUT ME

Pursuing my undergrad in Special Education with an minor in art. I have a beautiful five year old daughter.
I recently stopped serving at a local veg restaurant here in Columbus where I'd worked for 6 years. I am now a self employed artist and dancer to pay my way through school. I consider myself a feminist and view the job as empowering. The process of developing my own photographs really interests me, as well as mixed media and sculpture. I love open minded people with a good sense of humor.

PHILOSOPHY

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hope to make friends all over this huge world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

took the amtrak alone from cleveland to chicago to denver and spent my 20th birthday in boulder, colorado. biking all over, 80s dance party, sleeping in hammocks in the moonlight... pine needle tea, volunteering at an organic farm, a festival in moab, camping- definite mind opening, beautiful experience.

Interests

art. all of it.
what inspires people to create it
being a loving mother
feminism
sociology
psychology

  • arts
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • education
  • womens rights
  • partying
  • bouldering
  • cycling
  • camping
  • communications
  • teaching
  • psychology
  • sociology
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Have a harp that I should play more often...

recently I've been listening to- cocorosie, joanna newsom, joni mitchell, feist, bob dylan, lianne la havas, BANKS & purity ring.

My daughter and I love dancing around to Aretha, and Stevie wonder records.

movies
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
the motorcycle diaries
vanilla sky
fly away home
amelie
born into brothels

books
no one belongs here more than you
wild
I know why the caged bird sings
on the road
dharma bums

all anais nin, whitman, kerouac, angelou, rumi, miranda july

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spring 2008, I drove out to california from ohio with my dad, sleeping in a tent along the way. We backpacked on the Pacific Crest Trail that summer.

Teach, Learn, Share

art is therapy. facilitating this view is my passion.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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