My name is Raph, or Ralph! I love literature, music, and cinema. I'm both a hiker and a hitchhiker. Meeting people through funny and unexpected encounters and through books is the coolest thing to me. I also think gnomes are epic, and I'm a PhD student.

I strive to participate in creating alternative relational and physical spaces where feminisms, queerness, decolonization, and disability justice are centered. In a day-to-day basis, this happens in my life through powerful and healing friendships and the things they create.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As a guest, I see Couchsurfing as a wonderful opportunity to meet interesting people to connect, speak, and laugh with. Most of the time, the memories I have of places I've traveled to are deeply enmeshed with whom I met and the experiences I've shared with them. This pretty much explains why I'm on Couchsurfing–to make new and otherwise unknown spaces meaningful.

Interests

• punk music
• visual arts
• cinema
• feminism
• anticapitalism
• queerness

What I Can Share with Hosts

My happiness and all types of other cool emotions!
My French-speaking abilities!
My passion for ramen!
My thirst for new experiences and connections!
My knowledge about Montreal!

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Ecuador, France, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada