MARIANE

Brazil
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I am currently
Travelling
My next destination:
Argentina - from Jan 2024 until Dec 2024
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Description
I’m a Brazilian girl in love with life. I love to experience new places, cultures, and to try new experiences. I was born in a small town in south Brazil. I completed my teaching license and pursued an elementary school teaching career. After that, I co-founded a veterinary business and handled many of the administration and animal care duties. I love to learn new skills and add many different meaningful experiences to my life while contributing to my community.

Yet, throughout all of these paths I searched out in my small hometown, I always had the dream of traveling. I had the feeling as the world was calling me and it was time to listen. I decided to apply for an exchange program and was accepted for the J1 Visa program to work at Morning Glory Farm in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA. The program was amazing! It was for one year and my duties included working with livestock (cows, chickens, pigs), driving the tractor, making hay, feeding, working with vegetables and greenhouses, and managing the living quarters for all of the workers on the farm. I was very good at this because I am a people person and I like to live in a way that everyone feels like part of the community. I enjoy sharing my culture and language with others, and take time to make and share a local Brazilian tea time, called a Terere, with friends.

I absolutely loved my exchange program and made a lot of friends. I wanted to continue exploring the world and embarking upon new adventures and experiences, so a co-worker told me about an opportunity to volunteer as a WorkAway guest on a 100 acre farm in the U.S. Virgin Islands with 18 horses, a donkey, chickens, cats, and two gardens. I applied and was accepted! I continued to expand my knowledge about livestock, horse care and grooming, horseback riding, and I advanced quickly to become a horseback riding tour guide. Every morning, I prepared breakfast for my team before work, helped prepare all meals, helped with daily chores such as laundry and cleaning, drove out and brought in the horses, fed and watered them, cared for the garden, tacked up the horses for horseback riding tours, picked up the guests, participated in the welcome circles, helped people who have never ridden a horse before with boarding horses and learning to ride, and helped lead and ride horses in the sea. The people I met were from all over the world so I got to learn about a lot of new cultures and made new lifelong friendships that I will always cherish, while gaining experience riding horses properly.

I love to learn new skills and I enjoy learning new cultures and languages. I am fluent in English and Portuguese. I am very good with children and people of all ages and backgrounds. I easily bond with animals and I make good decisions to keep a healthy home and lifestyle. I love to be home cleaning, cooking, and hosting guests rather than going out.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my path and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send me a message!

~ Mari
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
German: Beginner
More details about my language interests
I can teach Portuguese and I wanna learn more about English grammar, also learn Germany.
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Art Projects
Teaching
Some knowledge of:
Eco Projects
Being an elderly companion
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Able to teach about:
Languages
Gardening
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
More details about your skills
Teamwork
Drive
Flexibility
Leadership
Organization and supervision of small groups.
Teaching/Training.
Housing manager
Driving heavy machinery (tractor and big trucks)
Animal husbandry (cows, horses, donkey, pigs, chickens, dogs, cats)
Planting, managing and implementing projects
Harvesting vegetables
Cleaning and organization
Child care
Leading tours
Age
31
What else ...
I LOVE TO WORK OUT, PLAY SOCCER, RIDE MOTORCYCLE, READ, WATCH MOVIES, KAIAK.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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29 Nov 2023

Left by host (Help on ranch, nature and art ...) for Workawayer (MARIANE)

Mari is not just a volunteer, she is a charismatic, caring sister, an enthusiastic team member, a go getter and self starter, a genuine person who loves life and is always positive and thoughtful. She went over and beyond to care for our animals, and to care for us as if we have been family for many lifetimes. Mari loves to learn (she learned… read more English in just one year and you would think she has been speaking English her whole life.) She enjoys sharing her Brazilian tea (terere siestas!) and culture with her fellow teammates, she laughs and makes jokes to keep everyone happy and smiling. You cannot have a bad day around Mari. She can also cook and goes out of her way to make community meals that will knock your socks off - homemade hand rolled lasagna, pasta, sauces that keep the home smelling amazing, and she can also wrangle a cow, administer medicines to large animals and livestock, down to the smallest kitten. She is driven to learn anything she can - she learned to float/snorkel during her time in St. Croix and overcame her fear in the water to the point that she was swimming with horses and assisting with our tours in the most meaningful, happy way. She loves children and would bend down on her knees to talk eye to eye at their level, and she does this with every human any age. She was a teacher and worked at a vet's so she automatically clicked with our field trip groups and our animals loved her and listened to her. She is a brave and courageous soul who will go far in life. She also loves to clean while listening to good music, and you do not have to tell her what to do - she is very good at looking around and figuring out what to do without having to be asked, anything from laundry at home to construction on the ranch. She is charismatic with our guests and all of our clients and visitors fell in love with her. Mari will always be a part of our family. She is a person who we will know for the rest of our lives - she stays in touch and often checks in to give us updates and see how we are doing. If you are lucky enough to host Mari at your place, you will try to figure out every possible way to keep her there forever! We are so excited to see where the road takes her and give her our very best recommendation for any job opportunity that arises, from cleaning, to care taking humans and animals, to construction, to gardening, to you name it - Mari can do it or figure out how to do it with the biggest smile from cheek to cheek that shines deep from her heart's bright light!

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