Jacques & Paola

  • Italy & Bolivia
  • Login to see last activity

Badges (5)

Email verified
Explorer
Top Workawayer
Facebook verified

Watch my profile video

Please accept marketing-cookies to watch the video.

Profile information

  • Travel information

    We are currently

    At home

    Activities we are interested in:

    Some hiking/trekking would always be welcomed for sure.








    Our next destination:

    Germany
    View all
  • Description

    We are a happy and adventurous couple living a simple life....

    Together we traveled to different countries and we have been living, working and helping projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Angola, South Africa, China, India, Turkey and Italy.

    We love hiking, camping, traveling, animals, landscapes and all kind of music.
    Also learning about other cultures, traditions and work with them...


    We have been teaching Spanish, English and Art for children (as private or freelancer teachers). Both have experience as ESL kindergarten teachers or assistants and we have been teaching kids from 2 to 6 years old (1 to 1 and classes with more than 30 kids) and also teenagers. We had great experiences helping a Montessori and a Waldorf kindergartens.

    Jacques is a enthusiastic backpacker and loves camping, hiking and mountains...
    He has more than 15 years of experience teaching children and adults in NGOs, Kindergartens and On-line. Jacques is Bachelor of Education with major in TESOL, has Advanced Certificate in TESOL, Portuguese and Spanish (120 hours each) and some other certifications about teaching.
    He also has large knowledge about Maintenance Management, Health and Safety in workplace and experience training internal fire brigade teams in small facilities. He has some experience with electrical installation and electrical panel assembler and some plumbing experience. He is willing to learn more things about construction, like carpentry or painting.
    He is an Online English Teacher now.

    Paola also loves the nature, trekking, camping and love all animals......
    She is a high skilled graphic designer and illustrator (+ than 15 years of experience in 7 countries). She has large knowledge about cinema (her father and grandfather are filmmakers in South America) and she is a Professional Photographer.
    She loves art, music and travel.... She worked with audio edition to 7 languages in Angola and also have more than 15 years of experience teaching children and adults in NGOs, Kindergartens and On-line (Spanish, Portuguese, Art and English).
    She is also into video editing to promote the documentaries produced by her late grandfather on YouTube.
    She has Degree in Arts and Graphic Design and TEFL Cambridge English Certificate: Scholar level 5 140 hours.
    Now she is working with Lettering/Murals and she is loving that. So she could help in artistic workshops and projects in the decoration on the walls too.
    You can check her work on Instagram: @paola.ruiz.art.retro

  • Interests

    Movies & TV
    Pets
    Art & design
    Adventure sports
    Carpentry
    Nature
    Cooking & food
    Vegetarian or vegan
    Photography
    Outdoor activities
    Music
    Mountain
    Languages
    Hiking
    History
    Drawing & painting
    Culture
    Charity work
    Camping
  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Spanish: Fluent
    Portuguese: Fluent
    English: Intermediate
    Persian (Farsi): Beginner
    Italian: Beginner

    More details about my language interests
    We can help you with conversational Spanish and Portuguese. We are experienced English teacher for kids or beginner level

    Find a language buddy

  • Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

    We're interested in:  

    Languages

    Some knowledge of:  

    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Helping around the house
    Hospitality/Tourism
    General Maintenance

    Able to teach about:  

    Art Projects
    Teaching
  • More details about your skills

    We have more than 15 year of volunteer experience in South America, Africa and Asia by Teaching and Tutoring adults and children.
    We have good English proficiency and Spanish/ Portuguese fluency.
    Both are ESL kindergarten teachers.
    We have experience in maintenance manager and in Graphic Designer ( + 15 years of experience), professional photographer, audio editor and cinema. We have a lot of experience with decoration and art design. We can also help with hand lettering murals and maintenance/construction.

    Please visit our Instagram for art samples. Look for: @paola.ruiz.art.retro
    Paola also has professional training as cleaner and as maintenance assistant and Jacques has professional training as electrician and maintenance assistant.

  • Age

    42 & 37

  • What else ...

    We used to play electric guitar and bass guitar with friends in the past (rock/ pop band). Would be great to play some jams again... and try to remember how to do so...

  • Some more information

    • Smoker

    • Driver's licence

    • Allergies
      We are allergic to bad moods, negativity and those who do not love other people, animals and nature :)

    • Special dietary requirements
      Paola is vegetarian and Jacques is semi-vegetarian but we are adaptive. We would be fine with a vegan diet as well.

Feedback



Friends

Photos

Competition photos

Feedback