I live in Tepoztlán (south from Mexico City) where I'm involved with the local forest ranger organization for the preservation of the surrounding mountains. I'm married and had a son in 2023.

Currently, I'm doing a PhD in Music Technology at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) with a focus on programming languages and geometry. My take on life and work is developing skills suitable for diverse applications and domains. Besides pursuing a career as an academic in music technology, I'm interested in applying programming language theory to solving (so-called) real life problems in industry and software development. I'm a Haskell enthusiast: a purely functional programming language with a sweet and beautiful syntax. I also compose music for diverse artistic media (like contemporary dance and video) and improvise music using traditional instruments and Tidal Cycles (https://tidalcycles.org/).
My author and artistic name is **Xavier Góngora** and my musical project is called Niño Artillero. You can checkout more about me at my site: https://ninioartillero.github.io/

My parenting situation does not allow me to receive guests at the moment, but everything changes so fast!

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

To connect with the actual living of the places I visit and make my solo travels affordable. This is a way to expose myself to serendipity and open the possibility of new friendships. Besides, I enjoy meeting people more than sightseeing. I also like being a host, as fresh eyes renew the appreciation of my own place.

Intereses

My main interests are at the intersection of music, programming and mathematics. I consider myself all terrain, and enjoy both heat and cold, mountain and beach, the city and the wild; I feel soothed by unspoiled, remote and natural places. I like discovering new kinds of music and music making! If its groovy enough, I'll dance. I'm also interested in musical improvisation as a means to communicate and share an open creative space.

• technology
• music
• hiking
• mathematics
• science
• community
• computing
• autonomy

Música, películas y libros

MUSIC: Tortoise | Pink Floyd | Hiatus Kaiyote | John Coltrane | The Mars Volta | Keith Jarret | The Cinematic Orchestra | Kendrik Lamar | Jorge Drexley | Nujabes | Calle 13 | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | J Dilla

MOVIES: Fight Club | Star Wars | The Lord of the Rings | Dune | Puss With Boots: The Last Wish

Books: Shambala: The Sacred Path of the Warrrior (C. Trungpa) | Jouney to Ixtlan (C. Castaneda) | The Last Temptation of Christ (N. Kazantzakis) | The Aleph (J.L. Borges) | Visual Complex Analysis (T. Needham) | Morphic Resonance (R. Sheldrake) | The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (Sogyal Rinponche) | Gödel, Escher and Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter) | The Haskell School of Music (Paul Hudak and Donya Quick)

Enseña, aprende, comparte

I like sharing general life insights, in particular about my own path as a warrior. Also love talking about abstract mathematical concepts and critical thinking. In general, I tend to share whatever is happening in my life at the moment.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Music jams. Cooking. Help with house chores.

Países que he visitado

Belize, Brazil, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Switzerland, United States

Países en los que he vivido

Mexico