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Overview

  • 4 references
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Chinese, Portuguese
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • College Student
  • High School
  • From New York City
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To learn all I can about the other cultures of the world, and to teach all that I can about my own.

ABOUT ME

I am a New York City college student with a passion for environmental activism and politics. I've done some work for local political campaigns and green businesses. Currently at Oberlin College I am studing Environmental Studies and East Asian Studies, specializing in Chinese Language. I love to cook, practice yoga, do Capoeira, and explore new lands. At college I live in an 80 member Cooperative, where I am the resident breadmaker.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in common ideals across cultures and believe that through friendship and openness to foreign cultures, we all can work together for a better world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As of now, being a College Student, I cannot host anybody, but that will change as I graduate and continue my life. As of now, I could only meet with visitors to my hometown, and be a guest. As a guest I would be more than happy to make some homemade bread and clean while I stay.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet, but that will hopefully change soon!

Interests

Foreign language study, circus arts, meditation, yoga, snowboarding, surfing, capoeira angola, cooking/bread baking, drinking tea.

  • arts
  • capoeira
  • cooking
  • baking
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • drinking
  • politics
  • surfing
  • snowboarding
  • environmental studies

Music, Movies, and Books

Cine Español, Quentin Tarentino.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been on a safari in the Serengeti Plains in Tanzania. It was an experience I will never forget.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yoga, partner acrobatics, Zen Buddhist Meditation, Capoeira Angola, Bread Baking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Tanzania, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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