Ioanna

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Description

Hello! I am Zan, a researcher from Cardiff. I am taking a six month sabbatical to travel, experience new cultures and places and meet new interesting people. I am hoping that workaway will help me get a sense of what the local life is like during my travels, while also allowing me to meet like-minded people. Back home, I am quite active and love nature. My main hobbies are surfing, swimming, running and hiking, while I also enjoy yoga. I like growing edible or not plants and gardening and I regularly volunteer at a local community garden. I love animals and I have a blind rescue cat from Athens. Learning languages and getting immersed in new cultures is something I deeply enjoy. I am fluent in English, Greek, French and German and I speak conversational Spanish and basic Italian. I am an amateur ceramicist but also like to dabble in many creative outlets, like crochet, drawing, film photography, embroidery and cooking. The kitchen is where my creativity can best flow. I believe that it is important to give back to the community and in my free time I volunteer at a local community centre for refugees.

Interests

Politics / Social justice

LGBTQ

Events & social

Sustainability

Pets

Culture

Self development

Farming

Charity work

Plant care

DIY & crafts

Books

Art & design

Photography

Languages

Gardening

Cooking & food

Writing

Drawing & painting

Animals

Yoga / Wellness

Team sports

Nature

Camping

Beach

Mountain

Water sports

Outdoor activities

Hiking

Adventure sports

Languages

Languages spoken
Greek: Fluent
English: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: Beginner

More details about my language interests
This workawayer has indicated that they would be interested in sharing their language(s) or learning a new language. You can contact them directly to discuss this.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Hospitality/Tourism

Being an elderly companion

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Some knowledge of:  

Charity Work

Eco Projects

Light gardening

Creative DIY projects

Animal Care

Life at a Farmstay

Helping around the house

Light maintenance

House & pet sitting

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

Art Projects

Teaching

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping with Computers/ Internet

More details about your skills

I am a self-motivated, persistent and committed individual.
I am used to working both as part of a diverse team and unsupervised, and I have experience in leading team. I have extensive experience in teaching university students.
I consider my self to be quite creative and have many creative hobbies, the main one at the moment being ceramics.
I am an excellent home cook and have some volunteering experience in working in kitchens.
I enjoy DIY and have performed a lot of the renovations in my house, while I have also used my DIY skills while volunteering at a local community garden, where I also perform a lot of gardening and cultivating tasks.
Through my work I have taken part in numerous events aimed at disseminating science to diverse audiences. I am a confident public speaker and experienced at delivering workshops and events for audiences of all ages.
I am fluent in English, Greek, French and German and speak conversational Spanish.
Finally, I am a researcher in genetic epidemiology and therefore highly skilled in statistics, data science and coding, as well as academic writing, project management and all basic IT and admin skills, however I am not necessarily looking to use these skills during my sabbatical.

Age

35

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