Growing up the son of a very well-known and highly sought after pastor & spiritual consultant, we did many mission trips as a family. At age 8 I first went to Juarez, Mexico to assist families oppressed by the Mexican drug cartels. Starting at age 13, I traveled once or twice a year to Dominican Republic (and one time to Haiti) where we built lasting relationships and friendships, as well as completed multiple social-justice projects. I still visit them today, 10 years later.

I graduated Virginia Tech with a BS in Environmental Resource Management (Environmental Economics). During my time there, I traveled twice to Nicaragua through an internship working with ecotourism and fuel-efficient cookstoves. After graduation, I moved to Nicaragua to assist the very rural San Jose de Bocay with various environmental projects.

I am currently training a production team for a biomass briquettes business that I started. Once they are fully trained, I will hand the entire business over to them. I also am starting to teach English to a group of people in San Jose de Bocay.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love people and I am just itching to travel the world.

Interests

Sustainability, Wine, Craft Cocktails, Wine, Traveling, Wine, Meeting New People, Wine, Volunteering, Wine, Movies, Wine, and expanding my deep appreciation for Life......... Oh, and Wine.

• wine
• cocktails
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• business
• economics
• volunteering
• ecotourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Green Day, Good Charlotte, Tenth Avenue North, Casting Crowns, Slipknot, Avett Brothers, Basshunter, TaTU, Beatles, Blink-182, Cute Is What We Aim For, Chris Tomlin, Death Cab For Cutie, Iron&Wine, The Decemberists

Movies: The Lord of the Rings, UHF, The Princess Bride, 300, Pride & Prejudice,
countless more, I absolutely love movies.

Books: The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Love Does, Hinds Feet on High Places

Countries I’ve Visited

Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Nicaragua, United States