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! 🙂

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

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.

Interests

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

Music, Movies, and Books

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

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I’ve been to 3 countries in one day!

Teach, Learn, Share

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.

What I Can Share with Hosts

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

Countries I’ve Visited

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

Countries I’ve Lived In

Morocco, Puerto Rico, United States