Live con Gusto

Pre­ferred method of trans­porta­tion: On foot, with the free­dom to stop, go back, wan­der and explore the beauty in every inch.

Most mem­o­rable trip in 2 sen­tences or less:
Intern­ing for an NGO in the Philip­pines for a sum­mer in col­lege, I learned to maneu­ver around met­ro­pol­i­tan Manila alone, expanded my under­stand­ing of social jus­tice, and returned to the US hum­bled, plump, and rav­en­ous for mean­ing­ful travel.

Favorite souvenir/​thing to bring back?
I am such a col­lec­tor, and always bring back scraps of paper with inspir­ing graph­ics, or invi­ta­tions or adver­tise­ments, or found hand­writ­ten notes. I have these kinds of scraps from all over the world and I’m just wait­ing to see what I will make of them. I also love bring­ing back hand­made tex­tiles, jew­elry, and again, lit­tle gifts that typ­i­fies a place.