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Overview

  • 10 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Ancient Greek, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2017
  • No occupation listed
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  • From Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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About Me

I love to learn from different cultures and mindsets from all around the world. I studied philosophy, have a master degree on direction of social organizations and studied at a NASA center in California. I've worked in a latinamerican NGO for 6 years and built a social impact startup on 2012.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to learn about cultures from all around the world and share

Interests

Djembè, philosophy, social entrepreneurship, photography, learn, learn, learn

  • photography
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • entrepreneurship
  • philosophy
  • social work
  • djembe
  • social entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Salsa, vallenato, rock and roll (Bob Dylan, Andrés Calamaro)
Movies: Into the wild, Good Will Hunting
Books: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (Yvon Chouinard), Small is beautiful (E. F. Schumacher), Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've began a 6 month backpacking travel with my girlfriend on August 2017. I went for a month to a little town in the south of Senegal to learn from the culture, make some friends and play Djembè (drums).

Teach, Learn, Share

Djembè (drums), building startups, exponential technologies, philosophy, Latin America

What I Can Share with Hosts

All that I know.
Visits around Buenos Aires. My experience working in slums in Latin America, a mate (Argentinian kind of tea)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Chile, Colombia, United States

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