ABOUT ME

I'm a dreamer, a nomad, an avid knowledge-seeker.

I'm traveling with my partner in 2017, after having mostly hosted folks in the US over the last several years.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in self-determination and collective liberation, in peace and justice. I try to build these things with small acts of love and compassion every day. Smiling and laughing are a must!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I believe life is one giant act of solidarity with our fellow beings. My couch is one way of sharing that. I've had enough of the impersonal and exploitative experience of paying a stranger for a bed, so I'm hoping this is a solid alternative.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Here and there with friends of friends, but never formally through this world of couchsurfers.

Interests

Exchanging stories, making art, all the foods, history, social movements, reading, and futbol!

• reading
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Electro-cumbia, Afrobeat, Ali Farka Toure, Hip Hop, Salsa, Folklore, Soul

Loach, Kurosawa, Sissako, Iñarritu, Costa-Gavras, Mehta

Galeano, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Junot Diaz, Edwidge Danticat, Sufi poetry, Benedetti

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

80 hour bus ride. True test of olfactory fortitude.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'll share my grain of sand with you if you share yours.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Culinary skills, healthy political discussion, music and literature and a general positive vibe.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, Spain, United States