Kelly

Travel information

I am currently

Activities i am interested in:

Sevilla, Spain

Description

In exchange for hard work and good company, I seek knowledge, skills, experiences, and new people connections - harvesting olives and transforming them into oil. Everything needed before and after harvest, plus olive pressing.

I am a retired software executive now living in Sevilla on a NLV (non-lucrative visa) with my wife (retired Operating Room nurse). Originally from Canada, after university I was first a teacher in Nagasaki, Japan, and then forged a career in the software industry in Seattle and California for 25 years.

Two adult children now living in Los Angeles (fashion) and Montreal (high school English teacher).
I have volunteered on home construction projects in Baja California Norte, Mexico, for over a decade prior to moving to Spain. Familiar with collaborative, hard physical labor outdoors in heat/cold/rain.

I am happy, autonomous, easy going, task-completion focused. Love cats and dogs. Healthy and fit.

* Help with eco-projects
* Gardening
* Support of building projects
* Farmstay help
* Support in creating/ cooking meals
* General maintenance
* More? Just ask.

Interests

Plant care

History

Cooking & food

Hiking

Sustainability

Gardening

Architecture

Nature

Farming

Culture

Languages spoken

English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Japanese: Beginner

Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

General Maintenance

Life at a Farmstay

Hospitality/Tourism

Gardening

DIY and building projects

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Able to teach about:  

Teaching

More details about your skills

-Learning Spanish now - aspire to be B2 CEFR by 31/12/2024.
-Can speak conversational Japanese.
-Seasoned people leader (15+ years of corporate management).
-Teaching experience.
-Started working labor jobs at 13 years old and have volunteered in hard, outdoor, physical labor capacity for 10+ years in Mexico.
-Married for 29 years!
-Raised a boy and girl to become kind and thoughtful contributing adults...in California! Not impressed? You try to keep two teenagers out of trouble in that environment. :-)

Age

55

What else ...

I am mostly interested in learning about wholistic olive oil vertical: olive grove care and management, olive oil milling, and olive oil industry in general. Citrus, avocado is a bonus. Very focused.

I smile a lot and have a fairly deep bag of stories and life experiences - always happy to share, engage, and entertain.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements