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Overview

  • 6 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Catalan, Valencian, English, Spanish; learning Japanese
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • PostDoc Researcher at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Bachelor in Graphic Design, MsC in Urban Studies, PhD in ...
  • From Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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About Me

COVID-19: Never infected. Full vaccinated.

CURRENT MISSION

Conquer the world... and meet people who can help me. =)

ABOUT ME

I'm a Designer, programmer and academic researcher. I love to be envolved in new projects about arts, design, technology and urbanism. I use to travel meeting people and sharing my culture. I'm always studying new things.
I’ve done many things, but currently I work at Universitat Pompeu Fabra researching about social impact of algorithms and Machine Learning.

I have two cats at home. They do not travel.
I use to travel by (electric) car, parking places and plugs are needed as possible.

PHILOSOPHY

Always learning something. Always teach something.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've traveled a lot with Couchsurfing in 2011-2012 in colombia and Spain in couchsurfers's places. I hosted some people back then. After 2012 I lost the track, I started a relationship and never opened Couchsurfing again. Nowadays, I’m trying to recover this network and starting again. I will start accepting guests soon, but not yet.

Interests

I love the cities, the people and culture. I'm a social researcher and urbanist. Always looking for new ways of life. New in hiking, so I would like to visit mountains and lakes.

  • arts
  • culture
  • design
  • technology
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Japanese movies, and all kind of music. I'm musician and visual artist, so i like everything about.
I read a lot… well many academic papers and some books per year. I also like philosophy and can discuss topics for ours (I’m from Argentina, we know about talking without knowing 🤣)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm travelling all the time, the best trip was in Europe in 2011. Lost in the way, in the limit between France and Spain in the middle of the mountains I found an old couple, who was very kind and we spend some ours talking in the train. Maybe thanks to that, I moved to Spain in 2015.

Teach, Learn, Share

Don't jugde, go for it!

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good talk, a barbecue or a nice dish, teaching something tech…

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Chile

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