I am an quant in a hedge fund during day time but a musician at heart.
Check my social media profiles
https://www.facebook.com/joeleauro
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelhoro/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am curious to meet people of various horizons and cultures. At this stage I have space to offer, hope to be on the receiving end some day.

My ideal couchsurfers guests are: one person, coming for 3 days or more, and keen to hang out / visit the city with their host. If you are using couchsurfing.com because you want to save money and are not interested in interacting with your host, please do not send a request.

Have been working in Manhattan for years, so I know many places, but I just moved here recently, so I want to discover more, hopefully with the fresh and enthusiastic eye of travelers who are discovering it for the first time :)

Interests

I've been performing as pianist / singer, and am now learning the accordion.

I am a big fan of strategy board games.

I love endless discussions about the future of our society, relationships, gender equality, free speech, mathematical modelling of every day stuff.

• fitness
• technology
• board games
• coding
• music
• jazz
• piano
• skiing
• mathematics
• science
• tv series
• finance
• accordion
• machine learning
• ted talks
• data science
• figure skating
• behavioral economics

Music, Movies, and Books

I am a big fan of Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational. I love books about behavior economics, popular psychology. Recently I have been reading a lot about feminism / anti-feminism and the future of gender equality.

I am a big fan of French cinema, but over the last couple of years, I have been binge watching tons of TV shows - Breaking Bad / House of Cards / Suits / The Good Wife / Master of None / How I met your Mother / Desperate Housewives / The Office / Parks and Rec / Dexter / White Collar / The grinder / Orange is the new Black / Lost / Big Bang Theory / Hustle / Extras / Jonathan Creek / Shameless / Californication / New Girl.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- I represented my country at the International Maths Olympiad. And Physics too.
- When I was a student, I accompanied the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs to a diplomatic visit to Morocco.
- I went on a major French TV channel show to sing, at prime time.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach French, juggling, piano jazz/pop improvisation, computer programming, mathematics
I will give you lousy relationship advice but hey, aren't we all lousy at it?

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can entertain you musically if you have a piano around
My view of the world / my readings / my passion for tv-shows :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Haiti, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, United Kingdom, United States