Cheerful. Easy-going. Love to hike. Love nature and the outdoors. Love to explore and see the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love traveling and I love meeting new people. I truly believe it engenders the cross-pollination of different ideas and perspectives and I have learned a lot from the people whom I've met on the road.

Interests

• traveling
• music
• sports
• programming
• behavioural economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Alternative Rock, Classic Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, Folk, Folk Rock, Jazz, Latin, African (Luo Benga, Congolese Soukous, Malian Blues, Ethiopian Jazz)

Books: Anything to do with History, Culture, Civilizations, Development Economics. Noam Chomsky. A Song of Ice and Fire (where Winds of Winter?)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ran Randomized Controlled Trials with thousands of farmers in Western Kenya for 2 years. (My previous bosses are Nobel Prize Winners in Economics.) Ask me about Randomized Controlled Trials.

Teach, Learn, Share

I do Machine Learning. I train models to detect fraud. Happy to share what I do in my professional life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My wicked sense of humor and sunny disposition.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macao, Malawi, Nepal, Nicaragua, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kenya, Malaysia, Singapore, Tanzania, United States