CURRENT MISSION

Helping people travel as easily and consciously as possible.

ABOUT ME

Hi Everyone! I'm a Miami local recently transplanted from New York. I've been a high school teacher, cook, hospital researcher, and most recently, work in hospitality technology, helping people to travel more easily and comfortably. I've been fortunate enough to travel throughout West Africa, Asia, and parts of the Caribbean and have surfed in the Dominican Republic (2x), Trinidad, Turkey, Curacao, Haiti, Jamaica, Brazil, and the US. I´ve also hosted groups from France, Germany, and Denmark. I'm passionate about languages,education, learning to cook local dishes, health, cities, bachata, Soca, and fishing/nature.

Having been the lucky recipient of the hospitality and generosity of many, I would love to return the favor. Miami is a city that many visit but few get to fully experience and I am excited to get the chance to share it with this community!

PHILOSOPHY

"Real adventure - self-determined, self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of mankind - and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meals, hosting, tours, biking, outdoor guide, concerts, art shows, neighborhood tours etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed:

DR -2/12 - Peter and Indy, 2/13 - Indy, Luis, and Israel
Turkey - 3/12 - Murathan
Jamaica - 9/12 - Janeen and Michael
Curacao - 11/12 - Orniel and Elton
Virginia, USA - 3/12 - Jason
Haiti - 5/13-Sam
Brazil - 8/14 - Gustavo
Trinidad - 3/15 - Josimar

Hosted -

Lea and Aga from France & Poland - 7/12
Ole and Luisa from Denmark and Germany - 4/13

Interests

Learning Spanish. Cooking Caribbean and Taiwanese Food. Boxing. Open-Air Markets. Public Transportation. Dancing (Bachata, Dembow, Soca) Being a positive influence on my students. Family (by blood and by experiences shared).

• arts
• concerts
• dancing
• bachata
• education
• dining
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• cycling
• fishing
• boxing
• teaching
• languages
• medicine
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

On the Edge of Heaven.

Outlandish, Wyclef, Lupe Fiasco, Youssou N'Dour, K'naan, Shanghai Restoration Project, Immortal Technique, M.C. Solaar, Baaba Maal, A.R. Rahman, Bachata, Merengue, Salsa.

Anything by Edwidge Danticat, Paul Farmer, or Anthony Bourdain.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossing the Senegal-Guinea border in the back of a truck.

Teach, Learn, Share

Taiwanese Cooking, Mountain Biking, Literacy Education, Global Health, Fishing, French, Mandarin.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food/Cooking, Household Cleaning, Stories and Travel Tips

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, France, Gambia, Germany, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Senegal, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Senegal, United States