👨🏻‍⚖️ – Lawyer
🗽– New York City born & raised
🇩🇴 – Dominican (Caribbean) ethnicity
🗣 – Spanish, Spanglish, & Sarcasm
👨🏻‍🍳 – Self-proclaimed Master Chef
📸 – Photography enthusiast
🕺🏻 – Reggaetón • Bachata • Salsa (teach me or learn with me?) • Afrobeat • Hip-Hop etc.
🔭 – Amateur astronomer
🌎 – Traveler
✍️ – Author of @TheCoffeeMeditations
☕️ – Coffee connoisseur (@LatteArtByLucas)
🤓 – Constantly learning
🤝 – I love meeting new people
🔗 – Let’s connect?

https://www.instagram.com/lukasalmonte/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to meet new people! I believe that everyone we meet has a story and something to teach us. What's your story?

Interests

• culture
• writing
• photography
• salsa dancing
• bachata
• human rights
• cooking
• coffee
• meditation
• walking
• partying
• clubbing
• chess
• reading
• hip-hop music
• hiking
• astronomy
• business
• history
• international relations
• languages
• science
• adventure travel
• cultural immersion
• historic sites
• learning languages
• learning new things
• rnb
• rap
• meeting new people
• reggaeton
• dancehall
• astrophotography
• coffee shops
• meeting new cultures
• afrobeat
• cultural exchanges
• corporate social responsibility
• bachata dancing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music & Dance: Latin music (Bachata, Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton), AfroBeats, Hip Hop, Rap, Rnb, Reggae, Dancehall, House EDM

Books: I mainly read non-fiction (sorry, fiction lovers!).

Movies: My taste in movies mirrors my taste in books. I like watching documentaries & historically-based action movies, but also comedy movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled to the Arctic Circle in Norway and watched the Northern Lights show. A truly spectacular experience!

Participated in La Tomatina 2019, an annual tomato fight in Spain. Must disgusting, yet thrilling, experience, ever!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to dance, language exchange, take a new profile picture of you (haha!) or help you improve your understanding of photography.

I can share & cook recipes from the Dominican Republic and other recipes I have learned while traveling.

I am a very curious person open to learning about anything and everything. I wish to learn other languages (Portuguese, French, etc), learn new dances and improve my dance moves, learn and experience the life of locals living where I visit, and learn about non-Americans' perspective (good or negative) of the United States and of their home country.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States