CURRENT MISSION

After living four years in USA, traveling for work within USA and Latin America for four years and living in Netherlands for two years I have returned home to settle (for how long I am not sure!). I want to offer an opportunity for foreigners to see the wonders of my country and the kindness of its people. Hopefully I will contribute to make foreigners return someday and why not, motivate them to settle in Ecuador

ABOUT ME

I am M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from TU Delft, Netherlands. I have been living away from home for the last 12 years and I had the opportunity to visit many countries in America. I did my Bachelors in USA and worked there for many years. Now I am currently working and traveling for work and planning one big trip a year (I miss my student days). A good salsa and bachata dancer and a beginner photographer. I also enjoy martial arts such as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I trained for many years. I am very interested in the business side of my career and I consider myself an entrepreneur.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It is a great experience! I had my first surfer on December 2013 and we actually became really good friends. I surfed for the first time in Feb 2014 and became really good friends with my host so I returned several times. Actually he help me finish my thesis earlier by letting me stay at his place during the weekends so I could save some money on transportation. Now is my turn to pay back.

Interests

Traveling, traveling and traveling
Biomedical Engineering, I really believe it is a field that can change the world as we know it.
Learning more about other cultures
Dancing any type of latin music, particularly salsa
Photography
I want to learn how to play the saxophone and learn more languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Love rock, reggae and particularly salsa. I am a good salsa dancer and I enjoy dancing to all the latin rythms.
Kings of Convenience, Whitest Boy Alive, Wilco, Smashing Pumpkins, Empire of The Sun, Queen, The Cure, Godwana, Cafres,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Scuba diving with sharks, stingrays, penguins and sea turtles in the Galapagos Islands.
Sleeping in the Sahara when there was a mild sandstorm.
Dog sledding under the Aurora Borealis.
Seen the Aurora Borealis two days in a row.
Being in St. Peter's Basilica when the Pope Benedict XVI resigned.
Participated in Jiu Jitsu tournaments.
Skydiving, you should try it at least once!
Aurora Boreal in Rovaniemi

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to teach others and learn as well. I can show you some basic dance steps or anything regarding to engineering, talk about other cultures and the origin of things.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Netherlands, United States