Hello! My name is Cameron, and I am a student at NYU Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. I am studying Social Research and Public Policy with a minor in Environmental Studies. I am from California but have studied in the UAE for almost two years now. I also studied in Buenos Aires for a semester on exchange. I love reading, anthropology, language acquisition, reading, coffee (drinking and consuming), learning languages, cooking, mindfulness, dancing (even if I can't), and meeting new people. Love to learn new skills and facts about the world! Always excited to meet new people. :)

———————— Couchsurfing is not a dating app. I am not looking for sex on here, and neither should you. ————————

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My brother and I traveled across the Western United States to visit 17 different national parks! Couchsurfing helped us find new recommendations of places to go, offered us the opportunity to meet some REALLY awesome people, and stay in places close to where we were headed. In the end, through this network, we were both able to stay within our student budget 😃. I have had only good experiences meeting and staying with Couchsurfers, and I look forward to meeting you!

Interests

• environment
• ethics
• coffee
• meditation
• politics
• technology
• reading
• sailing
• anthropology
• computer science
• sociology
• travel
• sustainability
• vipassana
• environmental justice
• sustainable living
• native american culture
• lgbtq
• nuclear energy

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: No Church in the Wild, Made in America, Ultralight Beam, Partition, 53.49, Apesar de Querer, Alitas de Mar, Me and Mr. Jones, Supera, Desconstrução, É você. (It’s a fun mix of r&b, soul, trap, country, urban pop, and electronic in Spanish, English, and Portuguese)

BOOKS: The Stand by Steven King, KISS of the Spider Woman, Cruising Utopia, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara, Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick.

MOVIES: Moonlight, J'ai Perdu mon Corps, Requiem for a Dream, Cupernaüm, Ida, Esperando la Carroza, Silence of the Lambs, Battle of Algiers, Parasite.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My friends and I were shouted at in Russian at the Azerbaijani Border for not accepting tea from one of the train conductors

Teach, Learn, Share

Ask me anything about the UAE and national parks. Also love linguistics (currently learning Arabic and Chinese).
I'm super into geography / sociology / politics, and I like studying new Machine Learning techniques, especially when studying societies and human behavior. :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories of the UAE / Argentina / US National Parks!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United Arab Emirates, United States