I would consider myself easygoing, yet kind of an outsider. People around me confirm that and oftentimes say I'm far from usual. I like to take it as a compliment.

I love tech, especially how AI is transforming our world, from all points of views, trying to understand the sociological, economical and philosophical side of things.

From the increases in efficiency to the ethics of algorithms and new tools that also affect how we perceive art.

I've written poetic code in the past and like all of those geeky manifestations where art crosses tech. I am also a university professor and teach Econometrics in El Salvador.

I am building an educational channel on Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook and Youtube. Find me as: datosconmiguel

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

ENGLISH
For the local experience that regular visitors don't get, besides meeting the cool people here.

ESPAÑOL
Por la experiencia local que la gente que viaja no suele tener, además de la gente increíble que se conoce acá.

Interests

ENGLISH
I'm in a continuous growth process, and trying to grow my empathy as much as I can. Learning what I can and sharing experiences while enjoying cultural exchange opportunities.

I enjoy small talks or big long conversations with a glimpse of appreciation for each other's humanity and company.

I like tea, beer and local beverages and food, especially sharing those small memories with locals, hearing their stories around it.

Small local places out of the reach of regular locals.

ESPAÑOL
En un proceso de crecimiento continuo, tratando de hacer crecer mi empatía lo más que puedo en cada oportunidad y aprender de otras personas.

Disfruto de pequeñas charlas o conversaciones profundas que muestran el aprecio por la compañía y esencia humana.

Me gusta el té, la cerveza y las bebidas locales, así como las historias detrás.

También ir a los pequeñoa lugares locales fuera del alcance del turista normal.

• education
• technology
• anthropology
• history
• philosophy
• sociology
• art
• it
• vlogging

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Biographies and history books, Essays and books from Walter Riso, Erich Fromm, Zygmunt Bauman, Albert Camus, and those like Persépolis, Animal Farm, and Mario Benedetti's like "gracias por el fuego", "cotidianas", "la tregua", "primavera con una esquina rota", etc.

Music: Big variety. Rock, Urban rythms like Hip hop, Rap, reggaeton, classic rythms, Blues, Jazz, electronic... And probably some others. Not so specific. You can ask and we can share music. Lately some new wave "mexican sirreña"

Movies: Roma by Alfonso Cuarón, La vita é bella, Cantinflas movies, Spiderman movies, Disney movies, Anime movies, Spanish and mexican dramas...

Series: Rick and Morty, Bojack Horseman, One punch man, Atack on titan... You can ask for more, not much in my mind for now. I like animated series and I'm not watching many series. Últimanente música sirreña mexicana de la nueva ola.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Erasmus+ in Vilnius, 2017

Volunteering in São Paulo, teaching values and languages to kids from Paraisópolis. 2017-2018

Volunteering in my country, 2014-Now

Teach, Learn, Share

ENGLISH
After around 9 years receiving psychological counseling in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychoanalysis, Humanist Existentialist therapy and psychodynamic approaches, I can share quite a bit of learing experiences. Also after reading and making my own experiments and processes on some i teresting books and theories :)

I can also teach some basica on data analysis with Python and R, haha.

ESPAÑOL
Luego de 8 años de terapia psicológica con múltiples enfoques, y de poner en práctica muchos libros y probar teorías, tengo un par de cosas que compartir al respecto :)

También puedo enseñar fundamentos de análisis de datos en Python y R.

What I Can Share with Hosts

ENGLISH
Always a smile and positive attitude besides everything else.

ESPAÑOL
Una sonrisa siempre, además de actitud positiva por encima de todo.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, El Salvador, Lithuania