I am a student at the University of Chicago with a double major in physics and cinema.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

1. I've always loved the idea of meeting and befriending new people that carry a unique story coupled with a distinct perspective on life.
2. Hotels can be really expensive.

Interests

• arts
• writing
• theater
• digital design
• film making
• comics
• video games
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• hiking
• rock climbing
• astronomy
• geography
• physics
• art
• food
• tea
• film
• foodie
• comedy
• astrophysics
• dungeons and dragons
• lo-fi

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Books:
Candide, Notes from Underground, The Theatre and it's Double, The Nix, Understanding Comics, Tropic of Cancer, What If?, A Brief History of Time, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Ender’s Game, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Disaster Artist, The Foundation trilogy, Freakonomics, “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman”, Seveneves, Catch 22, A Song of Ice and Fire, 1984, Animal Farm, The Pearl, A Short History of Nearly Everything, Blankets, Habibi, Watchmen, Poetics, Persepolis, Maus, and Burma.

Favorite Films:
Good Morning, Tokyo Story, The Godfather, Pi, Amadeus, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mama, Pan’s Labyrinth, Tootsie, Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Doctor Strangelove, Jacob's Ladder, Good Will Hunting, The Shawshank Redemption, Rain Man, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, Gandhi, Gravity, Akira, The Big Short, Spotlight, American Beauty, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Whiplash, Inception, The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, The Inglorious Bastards, The Wolf of Wall Street, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, The King’s Speech, Spirited Away, Gladiator, Shaun of the Dead, Requiem for a Dream, The Breakfast Club, The Exorcist, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Casino, Dazed and Confused, Superbad, Victoria, Downfall, Ali: fear eats the soul, Sherlock Holmes Jr., Your Name, Moonlight, Birdman, Blindspotting, Trainspotting, Sing Street, The Sting, Lawrence of Arabia, Seven Samurai, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, The Jurassic Park trilogy, Silence of the Lambs, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, Fargo, The Blair Witch Project, The Hustler, Nightcrawler, Citizen Kane, Scarface, Forrest Gump, World of Tomorrow, It’s a Wonderful Life, Such A Beautiful Day, and Hush.

Favorite Music:
Johnny Cash and lo-fi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wrote a play that was produced for a state-wide New Works Festival.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd be happy to teach rudimentary English/Spanish. Willing to teach physics from a middle school to an early-college level. Eager to share some good stories and some fine films.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Snacks and company, mostly.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Myanmar, Spain, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States