CURRENT MISSION

California

ABOUT ME

I love NYC

PHILOSOPHY

live for the good of mankind

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've stayed with incredible new friends in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Curitiba and Salvador and hope to be able to return the favor one day

Interests

Cities, informal and formal waste management, teaching, travel, learning languages

• traveling
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Bachata, MPB, Arab Pop, Hindi Film Music, Pagode, Morna, R&B
Movies:My Life Without Me, El Abrazo Partido, Mar Adentro, Fire, 21 Grams, DDLJ, Happy Together, Veer-Zaara, Coming to America
Books:The Namesake, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Shantaram, Their Eyes Were Watching God, El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Colera, The Bookseller of Kabul,The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Catcher In The Rye,Recicloscopio, La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao, The World's Scavengers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing Mount Sinai (with a broken toe) in time for sunrise
Gliding along Dal Lake in Srinigar and dancing in a Bollywood movie
Snorkeling with colorful fish amongst the Great Barrier Reef
Sliding off the Great Wall of China in a toboggan
Living and working with scavengers in Africa and South America
Couchsurfing with incredible new friends across Brazil

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin (French part), Serbia, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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