I studied Psychology and Spanish at James Madison University in the US and graduated in December of 2018. I’m currently working as an operations and research consultant with a couple of companies in educational and sport psychology. I just got married in 2023 to my wife who is from Rio de Janeiro. We have quite the story! I’d love to share more about it with you. I hope to either move to Europe or a different part of the US to continue my studies in a PhD Program in the coming years, or to just keep doing the work that I do. I love to do research, I love high performance, I love traveling, I love learning languages, I love deep conversations, and I love building meaningful relationships! I also enjoy cooking, exercising, and reading (a lot!).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to travel more and meet people who live where I go, while also hosting people from places all over the world. I want to learn more about their personal experiences, perspectives, and how those experiences have formed their perspectives. I want to build more connections around the world as well and to learn as much as I can from those connections that I build.

Interests

• culture
• literature
• exercise
• reading
• traveling
• basketball
• languages
• philosophy
• psychology
• football
• brazil
• europe
• salsa
• latin america
• healthy lifestyle
• español
• portuguese
• latin dances

Music, Movies, and Books

Spanish Pop, Bachata, Salsa, Pop, R&B, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Blues, Reggaeton, MPB, Natiruts

(I’m not the biggest fan of movies, but here are some that I enjoyed) Interstellar, Inception, The Big Short, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Django Unchained, Stutz, Gladiator, Oppenheimer, Ratatouille, Tenet, Inglorious Bastards

Mindset, Principles, Essentialism, Soldados de Salamina, La Voluntad, Brave New World, Nassim Taleb, The Righteous Mind, The Autobiography of Mohandas Gandhi, O Alquimista, On Liberty, Free Will, A Way of Being, Awareness, Meditations

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When white water rafting in Costa Rica in 2014, my raft capsized and I was stuck underneath for two minutes. Fortunately, I survived and can now travel some more and meet more people around the world!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am always willing to learn about anything from others and to share my perspective in a discussion. I am an open book and I am very open-minded. I am a deep, critical thinker who loves to use logic, reasoning, and science to seek the truth.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will do everything I can to make your life easier and to make things flow smoothly when I stay with you. I don’t need much and I pack very light, so I am easy to attend to.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Spain, United States