I’m an art and biology teacher from Santa Cruz, Cali. I’m typing this right now from Vienna, Austria, where I find myself after having met a charming girl one day with a foreign accent. Be careful who you talk to when you go out the door. You have no idea where you’ll end up.

I’m building my NGO, Kids Save Ocean, because, as a human being and a father, I’m so horribly worried about our planet’s future, and I deeply believe that we need children’s voices to do what adults haven’t been able to: steer the boat, with all of us on it, toward a bright horizon.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

And now my baby NGO – basically me, kids, and volunteers so far - was chosen by the Swiss Hatch Colab accelerator, which “empowers entrepreneurs to build Impact Ventures that solve Humanity’s Grand Challenges”. Freaking AWESOME.

But.

Participating will require I travel to Geneva. However, being a non-Austrian teacher (we get paid much less) with kids, I'm a bit thin on cash.

I also love visiting new people and living in their homes. It's kind of magic. I'm a big fan of AirBnB.

Interests

• jazz
• surfing
• ukulele
• beach
• kids
• frisbee
• samba

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, salsa, samba, alt rock, blues

Anything Kurt Vonnegut

Foreign films, rom-coms (don't tell any of my friends...my wife already knows)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hung out with the Red Hot Chili Peppers

What I Can Share with Hosts

My zen Cali style mixed with the pro-environmental mayhem of my work to protect the planet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Germany, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Brazil, Germany, South Korea, United States