I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and hold a BA in English Literature from Chapman University in Orange County, CA where I also rowed varsity crew. I studied for a semester in Florence and I've spent the last year living on a canal in the center of Amsterdam and working for a great family as an au pair. I leave the country to travel in Europe at least once a month, and when I am finished here I plan to take a road trip around my home state of CA and the West before going on to either Central America or maybe Africa, and later pursuing a higher degree in Literature. The travel venture I'd like to try next is WWOOFing.