Irene

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Description

Hi everyone! I'm Irene, a 22yo student from Italy. When I first joined Workaway, I was looking for an opportunity to travel, meet new people and improve my language skills. After the first 2.5 months in Ireland I fell in love with this way of travelling, and I'm always looking forward the next adventure, when the busy "real life" allows it.

I live in a beautiful town on the Lake of Como, surrounded by the mountains. I love running, trekking, cycling but I'm also a passionate reader, from essays about politics and society to philosophy and literature. Since I've always been connected to nature, I'm sensible to environmental issues and I've been following a vegan diet for few years.

I've regularly volunteered for an ONG in the past: I helped in works like garden maintenance, wall painting, removals. All money we got needed to help poor communities in South America.

Further back in the time, I also had the opportunity to work in a farm where I contributed in maintenance of vegetable gardens.

I finished the Scientific High School path in 2021; after that I've attended for 3 months the university (Philosophy), but then I decided to give up and I started working for a small IT company as web developer (yeah, I know, I was quite confused about my future). I've occupied that position for 3 months and after that I left my country to have my first Workaway experience in Ireland.

From October 2022 I'm a Computer Science student at Bicocca University in Milan. I had the chance to participate to an Erasmus+ in Antwerp (BE) for a semester (sept. 2023-feb 2024).

I offer IT skills (from general use of computer to basic knowledge of web app/websites maintenance), gardening help, general maintenance of houses, cooking ... I'm also stubborn enough to face challenging tasks and I learn quickly.

I think that curiosity, desire to learn and a little effort to adapt can open me many doors and chances to discover the beautiful world I live in!

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
German: Beginner

More details about my language interests
I'm interested in improve my english (especially spoken) and continue to learn german. I'll be happy to offer my knowledge of italian to people interested in that!

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Babysitting and creative play

General Maintenance

Eco Projects

Teaching

DIY and building projects

Hospitality/Tourism

Being an elderly companion

Animal Care

Life at a Farmstay

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Some knowledge of:  

Helping around the house

Languages

Gardening

Charity Work

Art Projects

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Able to teach about:  

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping with Computers/ Internet

More details about your skills

My interest in computer science made me a good user of IT technologies (good knowledge of Microsoft Office programs). I also have some skills as Web developer (I've worked as frontend developer for 3 months).
I'm an independent houseworker and a cooking passionate (people around me say that I can do it well!)
I have basic experience in gardening and DIY, cause I volunteer in an ONG which offer services like that.
In the past I played different sports: tennis (7y), basketball (5y), football (1.5y).
I have no experience with children, altough I love staying with them.

Age

22

What else ...

I'm an outdoor lover. I regularly trek, run and train myself in general. I believe in the power of an healthy life for being happy in the long term.
I like reading and learning: at the moment I'm trying to go deeper in the world of coding.
I'm currently attending a singing course. I sometimes play the guitar and in the past I attended drama courses.

Some more information

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  Driver's licence

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  Special dietary requirements
  I'm following a vegan diet, but I easily adapt in situations requiring flexibility.