I was born in Brazil (São Paulo) and have Brazilian and Italian citizenship. I have a degree in Marine Biology and went to the USA for a second degree in IT. I love repairing broken things and creating new solutions. I worked as a handyman in Columbus, Ohio and Seattle, Washington to pay my bills for 12 years. I specialize in remodeling /upgrading/new additions/maintenance and recycling and reusing material when applicable. I like traveling, sailing, walking, and talking. I enjoy the outdoors and learning about different lifestyles.

In 2000, I walked 500 miles in northern Spain, (Saint James pilgrimage) between Roncesvalles and Santiago de Compostela, France. I lived in Candemil, a small quaint mountain village in northern Portugal for two years.

I traveled around Europe. Australia, South Africa, and South America (Machu Picchu). I was 18 when I took my first trip across central Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, returning through the rain forests on the Amazon River.

I like New Age, Jazz, classical, Bossa Nova, and Brazilian pop music.

In Brazil, I owned an aquarium maintenance and building business, which included fresh and salt water closed systems, terrarium, ponds, and waterfall. I also worked with aquaculture farms.

In the last ten years, I have been involved with permaculture, natural construction, biodynamic and organic food. I have also learned and practiced different lifestyles such as slow food, live food, holistic alternative therapies (Gerson Therapy, Andreas Moritz), naturopathy, and massage.

Last year I lived in Cordoba, Argentina, at the Umepay community, building natural houses, green roofs, adobe walls, and doing general maintenance. At the Buda Traslasierra community, I help develop and install the electrical systems, solar panel, 12 DC volts. In 2013, I lived at IPEC, in Goiás, central Brazil to reactivate and improve an aquaponic project.

At present, I am helping at a permaculture/biodynamic farm in Gonçalves, in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, building a barn, honey room and infrastructure tanks, as well as doing maintenance services in a condominium located in Tabatinga, São Paulo.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like travel, make new friends, talk and spread kindness, new ideas, point of view.
To experience the way people live and believe in different part of the world.

Interests

nature, music, sport, sailing, scuba diving, cultural and art thinks, climb, movies, documentaries, natural food, therapies, yoga, meditation

• aquaria
• arts
• documentaries
• dining
• cooking
• organic food
• yoga
• meditation
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• outdoor activities
• scuba diving
• sailing
• sports
• biology
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

bossa nova, classic., new age, Echart Toller, Krishnamurti, Miguel Ruiz, Donald Walsh Neal, Saint Exuperie,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camino de Santiago, travel in Argentina, live in communitys

Teach, Learn, Share

I like cook and share around the table different food al the world, and experiment new kind of food.
have used www.Airbnb.com. you can see my experience there, and what people think about me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I believe we are one, here to share love, help each other, learn to change myself to be kinder and more loving person, available to how is around with my attention and love.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, France, Paraguay, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, United States