Milena

Germany
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I am currently

At home

My next destination:
Mexico - from Sep 2026 until Oct 2026
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Description

I am in the wonderful situation of having a life without fixed plans in front of me. I kept myself very busy in the past years but now the time has come to realign: How do I want my life to continue? In this journey, I want to throw myself in new situations, experience adventures, improve my surf skills, let people inspire me, learn new skills, let myself guide from encounters on my way, find myself in situations I can't even imagine now. Doing things for the plot!

People know me as a musician (singer who also plays violin, viola, piano, guitar), performer, host, dancer, actor, teacher (singing, dancing), youth worker, problem solver, adventurer, comedian, United World College alumna, surf-craver, journalist, figuring-outer, positive person with so many interests and loads of energy.

I'm excited to get to know you and support you with what I can bring to the table!
Interests

Blogging

Politics / Social justice

Events & social

Sustainability

Culture

Charity work

Self development

Vegetarian or vegan

DIY & crafts

Performing arts

Cooking & food

Languages

Music

Outdoor activities

Nature

Dancing

Water sports
Languages spoken

German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Esperanto: Beginner
Spanish: Beginner
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:

Hospitality/Tourism

Babysitting and creative play

Creative DIY projects

Light gardening

Eco Projects

Life at a Farmstay

Animal Care

House & pet sitting

Some knowledge of:

Charity Work

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Light maintenance

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Teaching

Able to teach about:

Helping around the house

Languages

Art Projects
More details about your skills

I am very versatile and know how to figure out a lot of things, I love finding creative and smart solutions. I'm dedicated and aspire to fulfill my tasks with the highest standard possible. I embrace challenges, I am quick in learning new concepts and not afraid of work.

I have worked in the performing artist as a musical theatre actor, singer, dancer, choreographer and writer for a children concert organisation. Recently, I toured as a Heart Global Cast Member and was a facilitator and translator for workshops with up to 300 kids.

My education beforehand was completing my German Abitur in 2020, moving to Singapore on a scholarship by United World College and completing the International Baccalaureate, and then I did a 2-year-apprenticeship in Ensemble Conducting in Musical Theatre with an additional pedagogic formative year.

Other Work Experience: bakery sales assistant, hostess for various companies, HR/B2B/B2C intern in a company for digital parking lot management, helper in a restaurant kitchen.

My extracurriculars include: Working with children/teenagers, Student/Scholar Representative, Assistant Director at a Musical Theatre Gala, Voices for Refugees, Facilitator Global Cooking Programme, Music/Movement/Storytelling with kids with visual and auditive disabilities, graduation yearbook (editor-in-chief, layout and text editing, fundraising), facilitator reflection weekend, journalist

While a lot of my work experience might look more „brainy“ and like less work with my hands – don’t worry, I am happy to get them working and dirty and I also consider myself as very strong :)
Age

23
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements
  I prefer to eat vegan when possible.

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29 Jun 2026

Left by host (Enjoy the sun and the seaside ...) for Workawayer ()

Milena has been an outstanding volunteer here. From day one, she showed initiative, responsibility, and a positive attitude toward every task. She is reliable, hardworking, and always willing to help wherever needed, whether with guests, housekeeping, or creating a welcoming atmosphere around the hostel.

One of Milena's greatest strengths is her … read more

(Excellent )

4 May 2026

Left by Workawayer () for host (Enjoy the sun and the seaside ...)

I absolutely loved my time in Santa Catalina and the hostel is a wonderful place to stay at. It’s quite central and the vibe is really nice – mostly chill but excited before everyone heads to the biweekly parties. The guests are really nice!

In the beginning, I was working at the bar but since volunteering is not really allowed in Panama and it … read more

(Excellent )

6 Apr 2026

Left by host (Help me starting a green ...) for Workawayer ()

Milena was a wonderful volunteer at our hostel reception! She was always friendly and welcoming to guests, making everyone feel at ease. On top of that, she brought fresh ideas to improve communication between the team, which really helped things run more smoothly.

Her positive attitude, creativity made a big difference at the front desk. We’re … read more

(Excellent )

19 Mar 2026

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help me starting a green ...)

Bocas caught a piece of my heart!

The work at the hostel is really chill, I worked 20 hours per work week (e.g. if you arrive on Wednesday, your work week starts on Wednesday). The work hours were usually distributed per 3 days, so it’s 6-8 hours long days, but the other 4 days are then completely free. Your tasks are at the reception, it’s … read more mainly about the check-in/check-outs of the guests and giving your best to answer any questions. Also, you’ll be checking around the hostel whether everything is fine, like feeding the cat, putting the clean dry dishes away, very easy. If you work here, you will get the help of a PDF with checkable tick boxes for all your tasks (that I made hehe). There’s also some time where you don’t have to particularly do something other than just be at the desk and be available. There’s a work group chat, if any questions come up during your shift, do send a message with literally anything, better you ask too much. Carolina is a nice and patient person, you’ll have a good time.

I used my free time to go surfing A LOT, you can rent a board or get a lesson at Mono Loco. At Mono Loco, there’s also the chocolate manufacture Cacao Blessings that makes chocolate from scratch with local ingredients and supporting their female workers. The owner is an amazing woman, say hello from me :) They have amazing drinks also! For cheap food that is not only fried chicken check out the stalls at the corner of the park (~$5), they’re open until very late! Another recommendation is Street Tacos Bocas, the portions are filling and also rather cheap ($6-10). On Wednesdays, there’s Salsa Night with a little lesson in Aqua and on Thu/Fri/Sat there’s great live music at Vibe. Support the community by buying their empanadas or tamales when they walk around and offer something.

You have the opportunity to find some great people in the community, and within two weeks I managed to walk around the streets and ALWAYS finding someone that I know. Bocas is small :)

Good to know for you: If you want to go to the beach, you need to take a taxi boat to Isla Carenero ($1-2) or a bus ride up Isla Colón. The coastline of the southern part of Isla Colón is not a beach access, there‘s lots of boat traffic.

I enjoyed it at the hostel and hadn’t I made different plans already, I would probably have extended my stay. Thank you, Carolina and Ingrid, for taking me in!

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1 Apr 2026

Left by host (Join our project in helping ...) for Workawayer ()

Milena was a super star with working .We gave her the task of beautifying a small Casita which involved sanding varnishing and painting .She worked meticulously ,was always on time and has a great wirk ethic.She is intelligent and loves to surf.We also all enjoyed lostening to her sing .We would highly recommend her as a volunteer .

(Excellent )

3 Mar 2026

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Travelling to Cambutal can be a little adventure – it’s possible to do it by public bus, just know that every year around February/March, there’s the Carnaval in Las Tablas which might affect your connections/overlays. But everyone in the region is incredibly friendly, so many people were helping me :)

Bruno and Luisa are very nice, interesting … read more and caring people. In the first evening or when some new workawayer arrived, we had dinner altogether – thanks again, Luisa, you have some really good cooking skills!

Bruno‘s property is like 10 minutes away from the sea, on the way is a kind of international supermarket and a nice new café, 15 minutes in the other direction is a Panamanian tienda. In addition, during the week, there’s different people passing by from who you can buy eggs, milk, cheese, vegetables or prawn. Bruno and Luisa will ensure that you know about these opportunities.

I stayed with them for 8 working days and spent these with removing rust from the roof of the container apartment, sanding and painting wood, as well as painting the ceiling in the little casita that they’re building right now. Bruno handed the responsibility over to me so that I make it nice.

Outside work, I of course went surfing. I started with a foamie and when Bruno saw my skills after some days, he made me change to a shorter epoxy board to keep me challenged and to make progress. I felt that was quite caring! Also, he didn’t get mad at me when I returned with a broken fin on one board and he especially didn’t get mad at me when I accidentally dinged the other board, only two days later. (While I of course felt incredibly bad!) Instead, he was more concerned whether I got injured.

The life in Cambutal is calm, sometimes there‘s an event. I witnessed a live music evening, a market and the annual fishing competition including a fiesta. The community is rather small, international though, and I soon knew many faces. I feel like many people are couples and/or families and it wasn’t so easy to meet people in their 20s. Though, I made a Panamanian friend while surfing and in my last evening at the fishing competition, another guy approached me nicely, so if I had stayed longer and also, if my Spanish was better, maybe it would have developed. Because the people are nice and curious!

Cambutal is a good place to experience some solitude (if you want), so I wished to having brought more books. And fyi, there’s no ATM but many places are cash only (but both supermarkets take card). If I had asked Luisa/Bruno for advice on these little issues, we probably could have easily worked something out as both are solution oriented and well connected, but I wasn’t bothered enough to approach.

Towards the end of my stay, Bruno proactively asked around for other workaway opportunities for me and recommended me, so that I got an offer.

All in all, it was a good experience! I enjoyed my tasks, Bruno and Luisa are nice hosts and I felt it was a fair exchange! Thank you so much for those days!

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