CURRENT MISSION

smiletrek.org

ABOUT ME

let´s see... first generation american, we speak french at home. after high school, i served a year in AmeriCorps NCCC, a national team-based volunteer program. travelled all around the southeast united states doing all sorts of nonprofit work. loved every minute of it. and then i joined the marines. stationed in california, good times. moved to spanish harlem, nyc, for a year after that and knocked out my sophomore year of college. did my junior year at indiana university, senior year in lima, peru. deployed to afghanistan with 3rd battalion, 25th marines in 2010. And I just wrapped up a 5,000-mile walk throughout Southeast Asia to raise funds/awareness for children living with clefts (http://smiletrek.org/smile-trek.)

A big thanks to CS for featuring the trek in their news feed: http://www.couchsurfing.org/news/article/151

A few vids for you...
Google commercial featuring smile trek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbvnml6Z1H0
Symbolic Last Mile walk organized by Google in coordination with the US Embassy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XzbkvvW43A
Presentation I gave at Google's Singapore office after said walk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrRCLuQi-v4&feature=youtu.be

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Career surfer, which is why I'm looking forward to finally hosting!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

been great so far. whoever dreamt up this website is a genius. many thanks

Interests

the usual. injecting heroine, cutting myself, punching holes in walls, breaking and entering, kidnapping, drunk driving, falling asleep on bathroom floors. not necessarily in that order.

• news
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

music:
"mmm-hmm"
by flying lotus
http://bit.ly/po4vjd

movie:
"life aquatic"
by wes anderson
http://bit.ly/pLKpQI

book:
"fierce invalids home from hot climates"
by tom robbins
http://bit.ly/niJhkB

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

too few to mention

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

• 

•