Hello!, ¡Hola! مرحبًا! My name is Joaquín Pérez. I am a student currently getting my MA studying global affairs at George Mason University. I am a very proud Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 , and love my heritage and Spanish language. I live in a city called Fairfax, Virginia when I am not abroad. It is a somewhat small town that is very close to Washington, D.C. My family however, is from a very small "municipio" called Jayuya, which is in the middle, mountainous region of Puerto Rico. There, we own a farm where we grow lettuce, peppers, raise animals, and love making "sofrito." I love cooking traditional things such as tostones, mofongo, arroz con gandules, etc. I also like to dance and experience night life. The minute I hear some perreo, or salsa I just feel the rhythm in my soul! At first, I am a bit quiet and sometimes shy but with good people I can open up and have a good time. I also love astrology, am open to all religions, backgrounds, etc! 🙂

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I am on couch surfing not just to have a free place to stay but so that I can have wonderful experiences with people from different countries and be able to have friends for life. I hope that although I can be a bit shy, we can make connections, and that we can share common or very different experiences with each other so we can grow and learn.

Interessen

• dancing
• cooking
• walking
• drinking
• hiking
• swimming
• history
• beach
• lgbt
• astrology
• reggaeton
• spanish
• spanish language
• puerto rico
• perreo
• bad bunny

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Cloud Atlas, The Great Gatsby, Bad Bunny, Lana Del Rey,

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I’ve been to 3 countries in one day!

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I love to learn new languages, slang, cultures, everything. I love learning about history and teaching others about human rights crisis. I am a strong advocate for decolonization in Puerto Rico and try to use my voice to let people know about what is happening in the island.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

Cooking, Puerto Rican culture/words, a laugh, history, writing in Arabic

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, England, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Morocco, Puerto Rico, United States