Hiya! I'm Billy, a sometime Social Studies teacher. I grew up in Miami, went to grad school in NYC. Love Spanish, hip-hop, chess, frisbee, ping-pong, reading. I'm a no drama, friendly, open/honest type fella.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm travelling as I write my little novel about the conflict between runaway slaves and American soldiers and settlers in the early 19th c. I'm eager as hell to see more of this gigantic country, rather than just stick to the coasts.

Interests

• chess
• classical music
• hiphop
• cormac mccarthy

Music, Movies, and Books

Blood Meridian; Charterhouse of Parma; Montaigne's Essays; Heist; People Under the Stairs (the group, not the film)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent a month in Managua working with ex-Sandanistas to document Catholic revolutionaries; almost finished my Ph.D.; met super nice, amazingly interesting people

Teach, Learn, Share

French, juggling, minor car maintenance

What I Can Share with Hosts

Decent stories, backbreaking labor, free rides, not-terrible cooking

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Nicaragua, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain