CURRENT MISSION

Preparing to send our oldest son off to Vancouver to start university!

ABOUT US

We are a family of four (Matt, Margi and our two sons, Kiernan and Eli.) We usually live in Berkeley, California - but we have been lucky to traveled a lot as a family - 6 months in Italy, France and Spain in 2010, and 4 months in Argentina, Chile and Brazil in 2014.

Matt works on sustainable transportation planning and global climate protection for the Mayor of Oakland, California. Margi is a consultant to grassroots social justice and environmental organizations. Kiernan is 18 and loves dance, soccer, and reading. Eli is 16, and loves to dance (modern and hip hop) and youth politics.

PHILOSOPHY

Be open to the world as it is, and brave enough to improve it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We are internationalists - philosophically, personally and professionally! We have traveled to many places and believe that a global perspective is one of the most important things to develop. We also host many travelers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We found wonderful couch surfing friends in Torino, Italy and Lyon, France. We have hosted many visitors from Spain, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Holland, Kenya...

Interests

Traveling, meeting people from all over, learning languages.

Environment, global warming, sustainable cities, good design. Social justice, environmental justice, women's rights.

Listening to music (indie rock, folk, world, pop)and playing music (guitar, saxophone, flute, singing)

The boys love: soccer, Magic the Gathering, reading, gelato!

• singing
• design
• environment
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• surfing
• soccer
• languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Safari in the Masaai Mara
Accompanying refugees in El Salvador during the civil war

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: English, guitar, Spanish, cooking

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking, cleaning, a place to stay in Berkeley some day!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, France, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Spain, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Zimbabwe

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