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Overview

  • 60 references 40 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Doctor
  • MD (Medical Doctor), Brown University
  • From Los Angeles, CA, USA
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About Me

Enjoying great conversations with couchsurfers

Vive de tal manera que si hablasen mal de ti no puedan creerlo -CSer Luis Angella

Feel free to check out my podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-get-psyched/id1498987447

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Thank you to the many many wonderful hosts that have opened their homes and hearts to me and the surfers who have trusted me to steward their adventures. This community has enriched me beyond measure.

In your couch request, tell me a story from when you were a child so I know you actually read my profile and I'll be more likely to host you.

If I sent you a CS request:
-I will be communicative about contact and itinerary in a timely manner
-I will take an interest in your life and seek to learn from you
-I would love to cook for us
-I will contribute when we buy groceries, need gas, go to dinner, etc.
-I like to clean. Floors, dishes, and/or bathroom, whatever needs to be done.
-I shower. Daily.
-I will not use you as a hotel.
-I will be as flexible as I can be around your schedule, and search for activities that we both enjoy.
-I will say Thank you.

Interests

  • poetry
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • politics
  • drawing
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • backpacking
  • mountaineering
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • biology
  • medicine
  • psychology
  • health
  • climbing
  • comedy
  • weightlifting
  • improv comedy
  • psychiatry
  • furniture making

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Modest Mouse, Bob Dylan, Los Panchos, Fiona Apple, Robert Johnson, Regina Spektor, Amparo Ochoa, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Janis Joplin, Iron and Wine, Missy Elliott

MOVIES: Me and You and Everyone we Know, Eternal Sunshine, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Science of Sleep

BOOKS: Sapiens, Americanah, Ishmael, The Poisonwood Bible, As I Lay Dying, If you give a Mouse a Cookie, Invisible Man, The Prophet.
Steinbeck, Vonnegut. P.D. Ouspesnky, Freakonomics, David Berman.

I'm a self improvement junkie so i love all those cliche books like Man's Search for Meaning and The 7 Habits etc.

Poetry: David Berman, Nayirrah Waheed, Pema Chodron, Saul Williams.

Teach, Learn, Share

love hearing people's stories and ideas. can share experiences from the middle East, stories from work in the prison system, wilderness medicine, climbing, etc. Also, let's cook together! I can cook up middle eastern food, teach you how to make armenian omelets, many types of hummus, babaganoush, etc!

What I Can Share with Hosts

i love to exchange teaching and learning. I can make topics in medicine and clinical psychology friendly and accessible. I can teach about middle east politics in a compassionate way. I can teach outdoors skills! I am thirsty for any knowledge you would like to share with me me !!! and i am happy to do cooking and cleaning of course

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United States

Old School Badges

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