Tavi Machin Kairuz

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Major: Undeclared; prospective Earth Sys

Three things I love to do at Stanford outside of class: 1. Avidly sleeping on Meyer Green's 9/10 grass.

2. Going into sound proof basements and making noise by sliding sticky horse hair on some metal strings.

3. Listening to audiobooks while doing yoga.

I could talk all day about: Nothing (Silence can be amazing), impromptu thoughts, mindfulness, laughing (especially why we laugh, it's pretty cool), TV shows (that i've watched), Books, and someone else's lovely rants about what they're passionate about.

I would love to connect with guests who work in fields related to: Sustainability, Energy Sciences, Anthropology, Math.

Biosketch: Tavi (he/him) is absolutely stoked to be talking in the third person. Fresh out of his first year at college (which comprised of significantly less picnics than he believed he'd have) he's packing his columbia hiking boots, buff, and #SustainableWoodenKitchenUtensils -- because he's cooking -- ayyyyy (no like actually). Tavi is everything but patient knowing he's returning to a new Summer Camp experience where he can spend filling the summer with laughter and especially top tier, 3 michelin star food for everybody -- with his fellow chickens. As seen above somewhere, Tavi is super interested in the natural world, it's inhabitants, and especially its protection/revitalization. So before he gets his degree and can start working on the such, he's always excited to re-experience and SHARE the giant hug that is love for the world around us. Other than that, he's been known to go on some runs or two, pump iron (possibly logs now), and perpetually run into bodies of freezing bodies of water. And if you haven't noticed -- he loves talking to some random 4th wall with parentheses (keeps things interesting). However, I digress, Tavi can't wait to join the Sierra Camp community, put his all into it, and strive to make even the smallest of positive impacts on the guests.