Welcome fellow traveler,

My full name is Matthew John Gaeta, but people call me Matt..or Gaeta..I sometimes wish they'd call me Jack (doesn't Jack sound adventurous?).

I was born in Brooklyn and lived there for the better part of my childhood before the family moved out to the Forgotten Borough. Growing up in NYC set the foundation for multicultural leanings and a thirst for exploring where people come from, how they lived there, and what they brought along with them when they traveled "here".

In high school and college, I had several opportunities to live abroad. When I was a college student living in London and trekking as much of Europe as possible in a 6 month span I was changed forever. The kindess of strangers during my stay was at once the most surprising and the most encouraging revelations of my life.

I'm in my mid-twenties now, back in Brooklyn and settling in. I still travel any chance I get.

I'm also a Product Manager at a tech startup in Chelsea, NYC, have a college degree, like to drink, party, chill, read, watch movies, etc. Insert typical stuff human beings enjoy and I enjoy them for the most part as well.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing so that I can relive the kindness of strangers, and return that kindness to those who visit me. (See About Me)

Interests

- Travel
- Music
- Books
- Movies
- TV
- Front end Development and Design
- Writing

• writing
• books
• design
• partying
• drinking
• technology
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
- Chinatown
- Scorcesce
- Tarantino
- Coen Bros

Music:
- Artists like Tame Impala, The War on Drugs, Diiv, The Whitest Boy Alive, Washed Out, etc.
- Artists like Kendrick, Action Bronson, Big Pun, Danny Brown, Wu Tang, Vince Staples, Joey Bada$$, Mick Jenkins, Chance, Kanye, etc.
- Artists like Odesza, Griz, Jamie xx, Bonobo, SBTRKT, Panda Bear, Cashmere Cat, etc.
- Artists like The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, Miguel, Sampha, Jessie Ware, Blood Orange, D'Angelo, etc.
- Artists like Neil Young, Sun Kil Moon, Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty, Sufjan Stevens, Alabama Shakes, Songs: Ohia, etc.
- Artists like Team Spirit, Ex Hex, The Ramones, The Dopamines, The Descendants, The Ergs!, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Courtney Barnett, Future Islands, etc.
- Artists like Bebe, Dobet Gnahore, Buena Vista Social Club, Balkan Beatbox,

Books:
- Raymond Chandler
- George R.R. Martin
- Michael Crichton
- Dickens
- Dashiell Hammett
- Eggers
- Amos
- Murakami
- Diaz
- Nabokov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tutored children with severe physical impairments who emigrated from wartorn countries in all subject matter (middle to high school aged)

Teach, Learn, Share

An 18 year old Chinese high school student has carried his 19 year old friend, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, to school every day for the past three years:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/28/teen-carries-student-to-class_n_7154612.html

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, good music, good company, and a habit of saying "Yes"

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, United States