I'm a journalist and art critic from São Paulo now doing research at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. I grew up in Brazil and the United States and also spent some time living in Europe. I mostly write about art and architecture and these are the two things I'm crazy about.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have been on Couchsurfing for quite some time, have been a guest and have hosted many travelers before, but only now joined again with a new account (couldn't retrieve my old one). I'm working on a book about São Paulo and Detroit, so my main goal here now is to somehow tap into the creative community of Detroit and give back as much as I can.

Interests

I'm crazy about the visual arts, something I've studied all my life, and now getting more and more involved with archicture and urban planning, things I'm researching here in Ann Arbor. Traveling is another great passion, hope to keep doing it for the rest of my life.

• arts
• books
• architecture
• festivals
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• journalism
• languages
• visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: all the Brazilians in the Tropicália movement, jazz, queer pop stuff, Motown, disco, trip hop, lots of things. Movies: "À Bout de Souffle", "Alphaville", "Citizen Kane", the new cinema from Pernambuco, most of the nouvelle vague and classic Italians, like "L'avventura", "Le Mani sulla Città", "Roma Città Aperta". Books: American classics like "Leaves of Grass", "The Catcher in the Rye", "On the Road", "Moby Dick", anything by Oscar Wilde, Marguerite Duras, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Truman Capote, Gay Talese, Graciliano Ramos, Joseph Conrad.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went to a sufi music festival in a beautiful desert in India.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to learn about new cultures, new cities, new art movements. I can teach the languages I know to the best of my ability.

What I Can Share with Hosts

All the knowledge from all my previous trips. And I also make really good drinks.

Countries I’ve Visited

Angola, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Italy, United States