* Chicago area native
* Former Omidyar Network employee
* Post grad student (Human Rights Law) in Galway, Ireland
* volunteer/activist
* photographer/film maker
* writer/explorer/wanderer
* novice speaker of foreign languages
* suffer from incurable wanderlust and curiosity

passionate about...

* human rights
* social entrepreneurs
* dabbling in Buddhist philosophy
* travel to remote corners of the earth
* wine tasting & organic cooking
* foreign film (French, Israeli, Arabic, Spanish)
* Ireland!!!
* hiking/camping
* music (all sorts)

- End mass atrocities/genocide, ethnic & religious conflict, global slavery, gender based violence/rape/FGM
- Peace between Israelis and Palestinians
- Improve and strengthen transitional Justice mechanisms
- End global poverty
- Promote sustainable development
- Clean Water for the World

Living or dead??

- Ghandi (who wouldn't?)
- Nelson Mandela
- Paulo Friere
- Muhammed Yunus
- MLK
- Jim Morrison (imagine the conversation!)
- John Lennon
- Bono (c'mon, he's just cool)

Recognize that the world is hungry for action, not words. Act with courage and vision. …Sometime it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.

-- - Nelson Mandela

World TRAVEL, photography, political activism, 8 MM (Super 8) film-making, writing, citizen journalism, social networking, conflict resolution, reading, hiking, camping, live music/chill DJ's, French cuisine/cooking/language & film, organic cooking, wine tasting, meditation

French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Serbian and some Italian