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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Humanitarian aid work, GIS Officer
  • Masters degree
  • From Rochester, NY, USA
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About Me

Currently an aid workers working in South Sudan. I enjoy traveling in my free time and seeing as much if the world as possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm interested in meeting people and getting a better understanding of the places I'm visiting from a local perspective.

Interests

I'm a former economics graduate student and enjoy reading about politics and economics, in addition to traveling in order to see how theory works in the real world.

  • socializing
  • world politics
  • reading books
  • humanitarian work

Music, Movies, and Books

Classic literature, science fiction and fantasy literature, anime/manga, history documentaries, really bad 80s action and horror movies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent 2 weeks camping in the Sudd, the largest swamp in South Sudan.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Strange stories from my time in aidwork.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Sudan, Uganda, United States

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