CURRENT MISSION

To enjoy life while helping others

ABOUT ME

I love to hang out, talk, laugh, drink, dance hip-hop and salsa, play basketball and soccer, read and write, among other things

PHILOSOPHY

I feel silly giving a "personal philosophy"...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm just starting. I vouched for a friend who surfed and would like to host and surf now that I have a couch to offer.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

couch surfed with friends upstairs and now live downstairs :)

Interests

"The Office," poetry by Rumi, speaking Spanish, learning Amharic, traveling to many countries,...

• poetry
• dancing
• drinking
• traveling
• basketball
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

seeing "Flight of the Conchords," "Seinfeld," "March of the Penguins" (but not "Farce of the Penguins" or other such blasphemous penguin movies :) Gabriel Garcia Marquez novels but not movies, Talib Kweli, Kanye West (minus the attitude), Arrested Development (the group and show), Julieta Venegas, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to the Galapagos, I guess -- pretty lucky

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to share any knowledge I have and have many questions to ask.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, United States