Alicia

Sweden
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My next destination:
Peru - from May 2024 until Jun 2024
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Description
Holi! (Nos podemos comunicar en Español tambien) 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇬🇧
My name is Alicia, officially I’m half-Spanish, half-English but for me home is in Portugal, where I grew up by the south-west coast. Fun fact about me, I was born on the 29th of February so I’m only 6 years old 🙃 I’ve been moving around between Portugal, Italy and Spain but currently based in Stockholm, where I’ve been living for the past four years.

🪚 My background is in product design, and I worked for some years in furniture/spatial design. I recently finished my studies in design focused on sustainable development, which is a field I’m very passionate about - circular design and sustainability. I am currently also studying experience design and working remotely in ux/ui for a nonprofit startup.

🗺️ 🎒 I am planning to start a long-term trip to Latin America in January, without a strict plan, but I'm aiming to live in places more than passing by as a tourist. I want to have the time to learn and get inspired by different cultures and surroundings but to also contribute and give something back to the communities I visit.

🧺 🫖🎍🪡 🔨 I am especially interested in learning crafts from different places and exploring natural materials and techniques, such as basketry and weaving with plant fibres, woodwork, bamboo crafts, pottery and ceramics, textiles and others.
About a year ago I had the chance to participate in a project where I learnt ancient craft techniques and developed pieces with artisans from my hometown in Portugal, using the native plant fibres. This was one of the most interesting projects I've done as a designer and has really stretched my interest in discovering and experimenting with craftsmanship. I aspire to learn about the local crafts techniques and materials as well as to connect and collaborate with native craftsmen and artisans from the places I visit.
📷 I am also looking forward to photography, video, branding, and digital design challenges!
I also have experience with social media management and content production, as well as web and graphic design.

🌱 I'm also very interested in learning about sustainable farming, composting, the local flora and fauna, building with local resources, cooking and food processes like of coffee roasting or fermentations.
I will be especially looking for work and experiences related to this topic, but I will also be looking for hostings not related at all (as I can work on those things in my free time too), such as hostels, and rural accommodations.

🍛 I love cooking and I'm super interested in learning about different cousins and local ingredients, cooking new dishes and sharing receipts. I try to follow a plant-based diet, but I’m flexible.

🧗‍♀️ I love outdoor activities, and generally up for new adventures!
To keep active I’m climbing, swimming, jogging and dancing! Also do yoga now and again and would like to start a more consistent routine. I used to surf when I was younger and have been wanting to rediscover the sport and try longboard!
🫧 I am open-minded, flexible and easily adaptable. I love music and all sorts of design and arts.
🔁 I’m interested and curious about up-cycling projects of all sorts. I’m also very interested in learning about natural and homemade cosmetics.d
Interests
Outdoor activities
Nature
Fashion or beauty
Architecture
Sustainability
Drawing & painting
Cooking & food
Music
Plant care
Photography
Farming
Culture
DIY & crafts
Videography
Dancing
Carpentry
Art & design
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Italian: Intermediate
Swedish: Beginner
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Gardening
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Charity Work
Teaching
Being an elderly companion
Some knowledge of:
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Babysitting and creative play
Able to teach about:
DIY and building projects
Languages
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
I'm a creative thinker and problem solver, my background is on design and arts.
I studied product design so I have been prototyping a lot will all sorts of materials, have basic carpentry skills and I'd say I can learn fast new techniques! I'm passionate about craftsmanship. I am a hands-on person, open to undertaking any tasks needed. I'm an enthusiast about photography, both digital and analogue, and can also manage pretty well photo and video editing.
I love food and can teach some Portuguese and Spanish dishes as well as the languages.
Age
28
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements
  Flexitarian

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26 May 2024

Left by host (Looking for help with SEO, ...) for Workawayer (Alicia)

Ali is a gem. One of the warmest, loving people I've met. She is very professional, organized, efficient, and artistically very talented. Ali became a part of the family very quickly, making strong connections with the community and staff.

Ali managed our social media, with little guidance. The work she provided was very beneficial to our online… read more

(Excellent )

20 May 2024

Left by Workawayer (Alicia) for host (Looking for help with SEO, ...)

I had such a wonderful time here—one of the best months of my trip! Tara and Trevor are the kindest, nicest, and funniest people! I felt like I hit the jackpot with this volunteering opportunity, feeling super at home and part of a family.

I stayed for a month running their social media, mainly focusing on Instagram by creating photo and video… read more

(Excellent )

24 May 2024

Left by host (Immerse yourself completely ...) for Workawayer (Alicia)

Ali was a pleasure to host. Curious, funny, organized, interesting, and super good at seeing things as a designer. She participated in our women's permaculture course, and had an opportunity to teach a segment that showed her outstanding skills as an educator. She learned about building with bamboo while she was here and helped design and build a… read more

(Excellent )

20 May 2024

Left by Workawayer (Alicia) for host (Immerse yourself completely ...)

I feel incredibly fortunate for my time spent here. Kristy and David were wonderful, kind, and generous hosts! This place is full of fascinating systems, designs, plants, animals, and stories to learn about—it's a wonderland of inspiration! From day one, I was captivated and learning so much. Kristy and David have a wealth of knowledge to… read more

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14 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Alicia) for host (Natural building in M'Hamid ...)

I cannot say my experience wasn't amazing, but I've got to say it wasn't at all what I expected, it was maybe better in some ways but to be totally honest it laked a lot of the experience it's described to offer.
I spent there over a week, I went alone, and for the first four days, we didn't do anything related to building the houses. I spent my… read more time going around with Said doing what he was doing. We spent a lot of time with his family, which are all extremely kind and adorable people and that enriched my experience a lot because I really saw and lived the real experience of a local family. l learned a lit about the Berbers lifestyle and traditions and we even, by chance, gave a lift back to their camp, to some relatives of Said, which were nomads, and lived in the middle of the desert, so we got to see how they lived and had tea with them which for me was a priceless experience! During these four days I spent a lot of time at the cafe and at the camp, where we swiped the sand off the floors and cooked, the rest of the time there was nothing much to do so I tried to entertain myself reading, sketching and taking pictures, especially because I don't sleep siesta, and wake up relatively early (9 am) compared to Said.
On the 5th day I got to make sand bricks with the help of a nice friend of Said, who taught me but didn't speak a word of English, it was ok because I could just copy what he was doing but I couldn't ask anything if I had some question about why we were doing something in a certain way. I was a bit disappointing that Said wasn't there building with us as I expressed to him. That night 2 other guys arrived and the next day we did another hour of brick building, again with Said's friend. The last day we did a day trip to the Erg Chi gaga, which is quite a nice trip, that was an optional thing Said offered us to do and it costed about 30 euros each.
As I said I had very good moments there and Said at times was extremely kind but I have to be honest and say overall I felt a bit of a weird vibe going on, especially through the end of my time there. I had too much empty time where I didn't really know what to do, I have to say I don't recommend going alone, especially girls, or if you really want to learn the techniques of building adobe houses. But Said's camp is beautiful, it's completely isolated from everything so it's very calm and quiet. If you are looking more for a kind of peaceful retreat then this might be the place for you.

Said, I hope you don't take this in the wrong way, but I like to be transparent about things, and hope that knowing my honest opinion helps you improve as a workaway host.

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