CURRENT MISSION

Lean In

ABOUT ME

I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where I studied Latin American Studies and Economics in 2011. Now I work at a consulting/research firm in downtown Austin and I play music around town. navasotastringband.comwaterloorevival.comOne day, I plan to move away from dear old Austin for graduate school when it is the right time. I'm passionate about Development Economics and Global Affairs, and anything Tech. I speak Spanish and Portuguese and aspire to take on French one day.I lived in Brazil for a year for a high school exchange.I have traveled to France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Greece, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, and Germany.

PHILOSOPHY

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime."
-Mark Twain

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

HOSTED:Natalie Siddique and Forrest (Boston, MA) Erin Murphy and her puppy Henry (Pilot Point, TX)Tim Malaureille (Grenoble, France)Arturo de Santiago Luna (Veracruz, Mexico)HOSTED BY: Kyla & Jamie (Florence, Italy)El habib Louai (Marrakesh, Morocco)El Boumeslouhi Hicham (Marrakesh, Morocco)Axel Risse (Quéntar, Granada, Spain)Phil Atlas (Washington D.C.)Nick Spanoudakis (Athens, Greece)Yakup Yorulmaz (Istanbul, Turkey)COFFEE AND A DRINK WITH:Matteo Cammisa (in Lucca, Italy)

Interests

I like taking pictures, playing soccer, and going out to see live music.

• coffee
• drinking
• technology
• traveling
• music
• live music
• soccer
• economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie: City of God, Dazed and Confused
Music: The Black Keys, Old Crow Medicine Show, Rage Against the Machine
Book: Motorcycle Diaries, Cat's Cradle

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

SEEN:
-the Amazon River
-Atacama (driest) & Sahara (biggest) Deserts
-Greek islands at sunset
-Ancient Egyptian ruins from above in a hot air balloon at sunrise.

DONE:
-deported from Mexico
-snowboarded the Andes
-swam in the Nile

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Chile, United States

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