Hi, I'm Joe. I am Cuban-American and I live in Miami, Florida and work full time as a High School Italian and Portuguese teacher . I have a B.A. in Portuguese with a minor in Italian.

I spend almost all of my free time documenting nature with iNaturalist.org I love nature photography, whether it's birds, insects, corals, plants, or fish!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?order_by=votes&place_id=any&user_id=joemdo
The purpose of the website is to help people learn about the plants, animals, insects, fungi and any other organisms near them. If you need any tips on great nature spots near Miami, send me a message!
Here are some of my snorkeling pics: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?order_by=votes&place_id=any&project_id=23641&subview=grid&user_id=joemdo

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My experience when traveling has taught me that there's nothing better than getting to know a place with the help of locals. I think it's great that couch surfing is a community which offers exactly that!

Interests

I love nature, cycling (road or mountain), playing football, snorkeling and fishing.

If you're interested in learning a language, you should check out duolingo! (free language learning)
https://www.duolingo.com/joemdo

• cycling
• snorkeling
• nature
• birding
• inaturalist

Music, Movies, and Books

Here is a list of some of my favorite musical groups/artists. I hope you'll look through this list and listen to some stuff you don't recognize, I promise it is soooo good. I've separated some of it including some music from Italy, Brazil and France in case you are learning any of these languages. Music is a huge help when learning a new language (along with films)

Rock/alternative/ska or whatever you want to call it: Cake, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, The Shins, Streetlight Manifesto, NOFX, Voxtrot, Fleet Foxes, Ambulance LTD, The Clash, The Pogues, Sublime, Camera Obscura, Common Rider, The Toasters, Weather Report, The White Stripes, Delta Spirit

Brazilian music: Tom Ze, Titãs, Skank, Los Hermanos, Joao Gilberto, Jorge Bem Jor, Novos Baianos, Maria Rita, Vanessa da Mata, Marisa Monte, Falamansa

Italian music: Lucio Battisti, Vinicio Capossela, 99 Posse, Franco Battiato, Elio e le Storie Tese

French Music: Françoise Hardy, Aline, Granville, La Femme

Older magic: Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys, Bee Gees, The Rolling Stones

Jazz: Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Toots Thielemans, Lionel Hampton, Cymande (funky)

Cuban music: Cachao, Buena Vista Social Club, La Sonora Matancera

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States