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Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina
@jorge-riva
Member since 2017
I love to learn from different cultures and mindsets from all around the world. I studied philosophy, have a master degree on direction of social organizations and studied at a NASA center in California. I've worked in a latinamerican NGO for 6 years and built a social impact startup on 2012.
Interested in Cooking
Interested in Economic justice
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I love to learn about cultures from all around the world and share
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: Salsa, vallenato, rock and roll (Bob Dylan, Andrés Calamaro) Movies: Into the wild, Good Will Hunting Books: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman (Yvon Chouinard), Small is beautiful (E. F. Schumacher), Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry).
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I've began a 6 month backpacking travel with my girlfriend on August 2017. I went for a month to a little town in the south of Senegal to learn from the culture, make some friends and play Djembè (drums).
Teach, Learn, Share
Djembè (drums), building startups, exponential technologies, philosophy, Latin America
What I Can Share With Hosts
All that I know. Visits around Buenos Aires. My experience working in slums in Latin America, a mate (Argentinian kind of tea)
My Interests
Djembè, philosophy, social entrepreneurship, photography, learn, learn, learn
