CURRENT MISSION

Get to Europe and have a great time! Meet a lot of people and expand my horizons! Make my 6 degrees even less.

ABOUT ME

I cause freedom and independence. I train people who are asking questions like: who am I, why was I born, what's my purpose, and why me? I train them on how to answer those questions. I show people how to create the life they love and then how to live that life to its fullest.

Love meeting people and having good conversations about things that matter (and at that point, whatever we're talking about is the thing that matter -- smile).

I like traveling and making connections, only to discover that we were connected all along. It just so happens that he or she knows someone that knows someone that knows me! Or maybe we passed each other in another city at an airport before.

Anything else? Let's find out when you come to visit or when I visit whereever you are.

PHILOSOPHY

You create you in the world that creates you creating it!
So go out and create and impact the world in a positive way. You matter.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a newbie to CS. My neighbor suggested it to me during our morning run around the Rose Bowl. So, here I am.

Interests

Reading-- usually biographies, books about business ventures and ideas, creativity and self-development.
Empowerment speaking -- talking to people about how to be!
Travelling--creating adventure
Nature--love the beach,water (working on the swimming part), cool breezes, sun, tree canopies, greenery, adirodack chairs on beautiful green lawns on a crisp- clear-blue-sky, sunny day!

• culture
• books
• ethics
• running
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• swimming
• business
• languages
• sign language
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite movies--The Color Purple, Mind the Gap, Good Fences, Matrix 1, Lackawanna Blues, Foreign films: Together, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers.
Favorite music--I love lots of different types: R & B, Zydeco, "smooth" Jazz, Gospel, house hip-hop, soul and house soul music, neo-soul
Favorite books--The Bible, The Tipping Point, Beyond Ontological Blackness, Negrophobia, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Piercing the Darkness, Let the Dead Bury Their Dead

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first trip to the Grand Canyon took my breath away. I expected just some big chasm. When we drove up to the western rim, it was breathtakingly beautiful and awe-inspiring!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: American Sign Language and Deaf culture. Social Ethics and cultural mediation -- culture wars diaolgue.
Relgion and politics.

Learn: many languages.

Share: experiences that I've had or that we can create together.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Myself in good conversation and whatever is needed as a good guest.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, United States