CURRENT MISSION

Building a radical community

ABOUT ME

I am co-founder of a 50 person communal house in Brooklyn, New York named Surreal Estate. This is a diverse community including people of all ages, ethnicities, religions, sexualities, transgender people, special needs people. I also run a free community bicycle workshop and an afterschool program at a community center in a poor neighborhood in Brooklyn that I helped start. I co-choreograph dance.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm a freegan political activist. I try not to work a job or spend money on anything (but rent); instead I work dilligently to create alternative ways of life outside of capitalism: a free community center, a communal house.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the communal house in which I live, we host abundant couch surfers - an average of three each month. Some of the people who live in our house started as couch surfers and decided to stick around. So even though my profile says I haven't hosted anybody, that's not accurate.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

On a twelve hour lay-over in London, I walked the streets during the wee hours and made friends with a Berber man who grew up next door to the famous musician Lounes Matoub. He nearly cried when I mentioned my enthusiasm for the musician, and he invited me to spend the night on his couch during my lay over.

Interests

Radical Politics, Kids, Dance, Freestyle Rap, Construction

• dancing
• running
• politics
• music
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Nashville

Music: "world" music, dubstep

Books: Galileo, Encyclopaedias

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I danced like a wild person with my whole extended family at my brother's wedding.

Teach, Learn, Share

Construction: carpentry, plumbing, electrical, bikes. I'm handy in general and I'll do work for you if you've got the tools and materials.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States