CURRENT MISSION

To see and come to understand as much of the world and as many different people as possible

ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm a graduate of the University of Illinois in Political Science and Spanish, currently living in Guadalajara, MX. My dad is a Mexican immigrant and I spent a large part of my childhood being raised by my Mexican grandparents, so I am very familiar with the Mexican culture and am completely fluent in Spanish. I have always traveled a lot with my family and have been very fortunate to be able to study both in England (during high school) and in Spain before attending university. Having grown up in a big family with my abuelita's cooking, my first love has always been a lively conversation over a good meal and a little music too :P. I love Chicago and everything that goes with it and am always down for showing or telling people whatever I can about it. After all, seeing things through the eyes of a tourist is the only real way to keep appreciating things :). I am a very open person and am always interested in learning something new be it a new language or a new recipe, but mostly I love meeting new people wherever I go and creating those personal connections which I think are truly the spice of life.

PHILOSOPHY

My personal goal in life is to learn as much as possible so that I might understand as best as possible the world I live in and hopefully leave it better than I found it. In pursuit of this goal I believe that every kind of education is important, be it scholastic, professional, or (most excitingly) the informal education that journeying through life affords you. I am most excited about meeting new people and hearing their tales of new and unexplored places. I just hope to be half as interesting as the fascinating people I've met abroad. :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Though I joined years ago, it's not until recently that I've begun to get involved in the CS community, and so far my only regret has been that I didn't start earlier. The few people I've met so far through CS have been fantastic and the conversations are never dull.

My girlfriend and I have been living in Guadalajara for a few months and are traveling around the region. We're down go out for drinks or coffee with visiting CSers and might even have a couch open during the week.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've attended a few CS meetings down in Champaign and have befriended a few couch surfers, but have yet to actually actively participate in the program myself. I would love to host or get coffee with someone even though I live a little ways off the beaten path, and I hope to have some positive CouchSurfing experiences over the summer.

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Interests

Football (Soccer), Rock Climbing, Hiking, Art, Music, Literature, Philosophy, Photography, Politics, Sociology, Life

• arts
• culture
• literature
• photography
• education
• cooking
• coffee
• drinking
• politics
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• rock climbing
• soccer
• teaching
• political science
• science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Wheel of Time (series), Game Of Thrones (series), Chekhov (assorted works), Alexandre Dumas (assorted works), Gone With The Wind, Star Wars books (my guilty pleasure)

Music: Muse, Old Crow Medicine Show, Crazy Loop, Catch 22, Muddy Waters, many more.

Movies: Star Wars (original trilogy), Indiana Jones (1 and 3), V for Vendetta, Munich, Flame and Citron, The Black Book, Eurotrip, Supertroopers, Beerfest, many many many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stood on top of the ruins where the Yavin IV scene of Star Wars Episode IV was filmed. o.O

Teach, Learn, Share

I know how to cook some Mexican dishes, I'm an intermediate rock climber and an advanced English and Spanish speaker. I know the technical basics of photography and am generally well read and very aware of global social and political currents while always being open to new points of view.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States

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