Hello all! My name is RJ and I am a recently Returned Peace Corps volunteer now working at Microsoft. I was teaching English in Mozambique for two years, and got the chance to see a lot of sub-Saharan Africa while I was there. Before Peace Corps, I was a graduate student studying Portuguese literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, so I am fluent in Portuguese! I also speak "Portinhol" very well, a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese, but I do not speak much Spanish. I also speak a little French and basic Hungarian. I am new to couch surfing and have always wanted to get into it! Super excited to be joining the CS community. I am a huge world traveler. I have lived in Budapest, Hungary and Belo Horizonte, Brazil, both for a year at a time. I have 5 brothers and sisters, so I know how to share spaces well. I love doing outdoor activities and have recently gotten into rock climbing. I am an avid yogi and enjoy running, swimming, and biking as well. Anyways, I would like to believe I am good company and I do love sharing coffee and/or beer with good people and having interesting conversations.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Getting to know the CS community! Hopefully I will be able to host soon as well!

Interests

(See about me)

• literature
• dining
• beer
• coffee
• running
• technology
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• rock climbing
• swimming
• brazil
• hungary
• software engineering
• mozambique

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Did the Peace Corps in Mozambique for two years!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Great company, good story-telling, coffee, beer, good food

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Germany, Hungary, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Réunion, Slovakia, South Africa, Tanzania, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Hungary, Mozambique, United States