Yasmín

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Update: Living in Ibiza for a while now.
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Hello! Hola!

This is me, Yasmín. Also known as Magda in the recent years from my artist name.
Thank you for reading this very long story, hopefully you will get a glimpse of this human being.

I was born in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I'm already 35 years walking on this planet. I feel lucky that I had the opportunity to visit more than 30 different cultures and to get immersed in other cultures while living abroad. I'll show up with a set of different skills, random stories of my life and travel experiences, a bunch of optimism and a smile.

If you follow human design, I'm a splenic projector 4/6 and if you follow astrology, I'm Virgo, asc in Pisces and moon in Aquarius.

Amongst other things, I’m a dreamer and I believe that a few people doing things for this world will bring awareness to the collective. Please, keep planting seeds, raising kids with love for humanity, nature and animals, educating your community and helping others.
That's one of my biggest motivations in life: make an impact, for the good. With empathy and kindness, understanding that we are all unique, grown up in different settings and we keep learning in our way through life.

A few things you may be interested to know about me:
I’m dancing through life as an easy going human, honest, tidy (a Virgo thing) ,always looking at the glass half full in life. I observe instead of react, I’m curious like a child and I enjoy getting to know humans and their life stories. I’m available for small talks and you will catch my full attention for a deep conversation. I like to hear stories. On the other side, I fully enjoy moments in silence and honour the time I can spend by myself. Is the way I recharge my energy to be later available for human interaction and give the best of me to others.
I like to believe that in this world of 8 billion of people, for a bigger reason that we don’t know (yet) our lives will cross paths to interact and co-create some synergy that will take any shape or go back to the cosmos.
I believe in circular economy, permaculture and alternative ways of living. I'm more than happy to participate and learn in related projects.
I'm into reduce/reuse/recycle, I only buy from time to time second hand clothes, or even better: swap clothes with others. I always try to ask myself if I really need it.
I have taken a cold shower very often since 1st of January 2021. I practise Wim Hof breathing, journaling, meditation and I love to swim all year if possible, I love to dance and walk in nature. I’m a big fan of listening podcasts about neuroscience, biohacking, ecology, nutrition, psychology, self awareness and spirituality.
I love to hug trees, dogs and horses. Probably other animals too if they let me hug them.
I had been doing volunteer exchange on and off for already for 10 years. It gave me the resilience to understand and empathise in many different settings.
I was interviewed for a podcast called “historias que molestan” (sorry, only in Spanish available) where I spoke about all my experience and why I believe that volunteer exchange is an alternative way to escape the city trap and also a way of activism.
If you wanna listen copy/past the link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5k5NmZDXcL88ykF1rIXnBl?si=19f804fa316f4d28

Finally: I’m using this platform to connect with future-new-friends-to-be hosts or my soul family, get to know other ways of living, gain experience through permaculture-garden projects, maybe find a new way to earn money, plant my seed as an alternative nanny to your kids (I believe in them as the future game-changers in this world and the moment to influence them is now), bring a different point of view as I’m constantly asking questions, researching and taking the time to educate myself, also exploring the endless possibilities to make an good impact in small and big scale.

Thank you for reading so far, hopefully we will meet soon!

With love and curiosity,

Yasmín-Magda.

PS: in *What skills do you have?* section, you can follow all my work experience and skills that I can bring to the table.
PS1: in *what else* section, you can follow other projects and my experiences doing exchange outside of the Workaway platform.

Interests

Politics / Social justice

Sustainability

Sailing / Boating

Nature

Pets

Plant care

Writing

Gardening

Farming

Self development

Vegetarian or vegan

Yoga / Wellness

LGBTQ

Photography

Music

Events & social

Drawing & painting

Dancing

DIY & crafts

Cycling

Culture

Blogging

Books

Camping

Cooking & food

Beach

Astronomy

Art & design

Animals

Adventure sports

Languages spoken

English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: Intermediate

Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Babysitting and creative play

General Maintenance

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Hospitality/Tourism

Languages

Art Projects

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Some knowledge of:  

Being an elderly companion

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Life at a Farmstay

Charity Work

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Teaching

More details about your skills

Recent work experience:
August 2023-Today: I work as a babysitter for families in Ibiza.

January- June 2024: I worked as a forest educator in an alternative forest school located in Ibiza, with 12 little humans from 1 y/o up to 5 y/o. Beautiful and interesting experience. We were holding space to explore, learn, play in different settings and supporting them in their development.

August 2022, I worked in a Pilgrims albergue (a kind of hostel) in Galicia where I assisted in different tasks: housekeeping, reception, serving dinner, laundry, attending the bar, shopping.

April 2022, I worked as an English-Spanish translator for the national Danish Kayak team in Castrelo de Miño, Galicia. I was the bridge to make communication smooth while they were staying for 3 weeks.

I've been working as a user operations specialist and team leader for a Start Up in the field of urban mobility in Sweden (2018-2020)
Everything related to give support to users, troubleshooting, daily assistance in operations across Europe to different stakeholders.

I've been working as language tutor for kids and adults in Spanish-English, practicing the language through games, books and activities, also in English.

In Germany (2017-2018), I worked freelance as house cleaner, also as babysitter.

I've been working as a Restaurant Manager (2016-2017), organising events, contacting suppliers, designing menus, changing decoration, interviews, waitress, helping in the kitchen, cashier, etc)

I've been working as a Store Manager and sales lead (2008-2012) everything related to sales, inventory, cashier, closing balances at the end of the month, organice schedule for workers, interviews, exhibition of products etc.

I've been working as receptionist for an hotel (2012-2013 / 2015-2016) managing bookings, cashier, designing housekeeping shifts, contacting suppliers, creating social media content, socialising with guests etc.

I've been working as a waitress in a Luxury Ecolodge (2014-2015) preparing tables for 5 courses menu, following protocols.

What else?
I can create content and update any social media ( FB, IG, Google, Linkedin)
Write an article/post/blog in English and Spanish.
Language exchange in Spanish, English and Portuguese (last one a bit rusty)
Pet-sitting.
Babysitting.
Cooking.
Household chores.
Housekeeping.
Reception.
Help with garden (permaculture)
Handy stuff.
Photography.
Dj and music curator for events.
Organice an event.
Help with decoration.
Recycle, reuse, reduce.
Facilitate in any kind of event, holding a space.

I'm easy going on learning and following process, I'm happy to learn new skills and new things.

Age

35

What else ...

-I enjoy playing music as a DJ in different events.
-I was a facilitator for a sober dance event in Stockholm called "Free Flow" for a NGO called Noden. The best of it is: no talks on the dance floor and no pictures and videos.
I was part of a music collective called Tanz Oaze in Sweden. Our mission: to bring silliness into the dance floor with amazing deco, fresh vibes and we booked our favourite musicians.
-Ping me for music events, decoration, holding spaces as facilitator.
If you are a producer-dj- or music lover, let's share time enjoying the music connection, because Music belongs to every human.

I believe that sharing is caring and that’s a big reason why I like to do volunteer exchange instead of spend 8-9hs sitting on a chair, working for a corporation. In my opinion, nothing replaces the wonderful feeling of connection with the earth, animals and human beings in a level where no one can set a price to time spent with a good and honest intention.

Before I discovered Workaway in 2017 as an exchange platform, I was already doing volunteer exchange by my own: 

From March 2013 until September 2014 in Bariloche, Patagonia I housesit a lovely dog and cat.
-September 2014 I moved to an Ecolodge to work as a waitress and also did housesitting, petsitting (this time horses included) and I helped with the indoor and outdoor garden. 

-In June 2017 I went to Europe, this time using Workaway. I did a language exchange with a lovely german family in Frankfurt.
-From August 2017 until June 2018 I did an exchange with a half Spanish-half German family in Munich, Germany. I took care of Thiago (3 y/o) and Luna (9 months). As their babysitter, I had a lot of fun and they adopted me as part of their family.
-In August 2018 I did an exchange with a photographer in Stockholm, helping him to scan thousand of photos taken from 1968 to 1998 and created digital files with those memories.
-In April-August 2020, I did an exchange with a friend, helping to keep the apartment clean and tidy, take the dog for walks and cook healthy meals for us.
-December 2020 until the end of January 2021 I was volunteering in a small village close to Östersund, north of Sweden. I helped to clean snow, walking the dogs, cooking meals, organising the house, decluttering and cleaning.
-September 2021-April 2022 I helped to kickstart an Art residency in Galicia. Tasks involved: cleaning, painting, cooking, gardening, decorating and organising spaces, art projects and social media.
April 2022-September 2022 I helped a friend in his permaculture project in Galicia. Tasks involved: cutting the grass, weeding, collecting seeds, plant nursery, water irrigation, compost wilding, raising beds, water collection, harvesting, dog-sitting, planting trees and pruning.

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
  Low gluten and dairy intake for health reasons. I'd love to help cooking healthy, tasty and nutritious food!