CURRENT MISSION

being alive! estar - y ser - viva! :)

ABOUT ME

currently: i'm a teacher in a nature-based preschool (ages 3-6). i care deeply about nature play and outdoor learning for children. in the past, i've been an environmental educator, au pair, international trip leader, Spanish teacher, blogger/poet (boneyardcreek.wordpress.com), etc.

PHILOSOPHY

I hope to do what I can to know myself and the world around me and be part of making things better (kinder, more just and equitable, more sustainable, safer) for others, both on a small scale and a large scale.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Interested in meeting up with travelers and locals who love travel :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
during the year and a half that I lived in a co-op house in Urbana, IL, we hosted tons of interesting surfers!

i've surfed in the dominican republic, canada, thailand, laos, and australia. my favorite experiences are having the chance to teach one another something, like a language or how to do something new.

Interests

food, learning new things, spending time outdoors (bird watching/hiking/camping/bicycling/rock climbing/kayaking), activism, languages, music, poetry, movies

• poetry
• dining
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• rock climbing
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: it's a wonderful life, moonstruck, citizen kane, casablanca, steel magnolias, mean girls, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, lost in translation, the third man, roman holiday
music and books: too much
poetry: whitman, neruda, octavio paz, e.e. cummings, frost, eliot
podcasts: this american life, all songs considered, a prairie home companion, the moth, radiolab, stuff you missed in history class, dear sugar, philosophize this

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

carnaval in cuenca, ecuador. the holiday weekend is celebrated as a national water fight! water balloons, silly string, buckets of water dumped on trucks from second story windows, even gross stuff like flour and avocados. nothing could be more fun!

Teach, Learn, Share

i can show you good places to hike and bird watch in Dallas! And teach you how to fold a paper crane, how to french braid hair, how to eat with chopsticks, how to make something tasty out of literally anything in your cupboard! would love to learn more about rock climbing, share cooking tips, and any language i can pick up.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Laos, Peru, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ecuador, United States