CURRENT MISSION

To find equilibrium.

ABOUT ME

After a bunch of years in the rat race, I took five months off to see what the world outside the office had to offer. It was awesome. But I also realized that the office lets me make money to eat. So I'm back in the nonprofit rat race while I save up money until my next adventure.

I'm loyal and adventurous. I jam-pack my life with activities and have a hard time sitting down. I'm creative, fun-loving, sometimes funny, and I like creating, telling and hearing stories.

PHILOSOPHY

It is what it is.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted folks a number of times and hung out with some Couch Surfers while traveling--I also surfed for the first time during this latest round-the-world trek (thanks Lan, Andre, and Luis!)

I look forward to hosting folks again in D.C. once I get myself a semi-permanent abode and my things out of storage.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stumbled upon a traveler in Ouaga in Burkina, gave him a couch, and the rest is history.

Interests

Education policy and education reform. Beauty. Running. Backpacking. The water. Crosswords. Cooking Soup. Hammocks.

I've also recently gotten into West Wing.

• beauty
• education
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• backpacking
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Everyone should read everything by Tom Robbins.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Any sunrise ever. Specific ones resonate. Usually those on the river, at sea, or atop a mountain. But all are inspiring.
In Dogon Country in Mali, there are cave dwellings hundreds of feet above the Sahel, built 1000 years ago. The fact that they've lasted, and the history they provide is amazing. But, more, the fact that they once looked down on a vibrant rainforest (filled with large predators, hence the need to build in the walls of the steppes), which now is an interminable desert, is jaw-dropping and thought-provoking.