Leonardo

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Description

LAST UPDATE: 16 DEC 2022
👋🏼 Hey, I'm Leo! 😄 I'm an enthusiastic, friendly, and energetic Italian guy 🇮🇹 who is currently backpacking through South America. I started in Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 and I'm traveling south till Ushuaia 🇦🇷 to then turn and travel north-west until Colombia 🇨🇴.

I was born in the south of Italy, moved to the center, and then moved to Bologna (northeast) at 19. I studied there for my Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and during that period, I did 2 exchanges: one in Lithuania 🇱🇹 and the other in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸. After that, I completed a double Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction & Design in Finland 🇫🇮 and Sweden 🇸🇪 🤓

I've been working remotely as a freelance App developer 💻 for the past three years. This work allowed me to travel 🛫 and work 💼 while also studying 📚

I'm now 25 years old and have experience as a waiter 🍽️, receptionist 📞, programmer 💻, and event organizer 🎉. I spent my first workaway traveling with two crazy guys through the USA 🇺🇸 for a month, mostly helping them with their online presence 🌐, promoting small businesses 💰, crafting their van 🚐, and flying a drone 🛸😎

I enjoy spending time in nature 🌿 and am in love with sunsets 🌅, lakes 🏞️, forests 🌲, and anything far away from the city noise 🏙️ and human pollution 🏭. Monotony kills me 💀, so I enjoy breaking out of my comfort zone 💪🏼, meeting new people 👫, learning new things 🧠, and spending time in wonderful places 🌍

I'm interested in photography 📷 (check my Instagram @leonardorignanese) and art (from sculptures 🗿 to graffiti 🎨). I like reading books 📚 about science (astro 🌟, addictions 💊, nutrition 🥑), social science (anthropology 🧑‍🔬, sociology 🧑‍💼), and travel (On the Road 🛣️, Vagamondo 🌎). I listen to a lot of music 🎶, mainly rock 🤘🏼, indie 🎸, and electronic 🎧. I recently started practicing bodypainting 🖍️, it's really fun!

I enjoy outdoor activities 🌄 both on the sea 🌊 and in the mountains 🏔️, such as hiking 🧗🏼‍♂️, rock climbing 🧗🏼‍♂️, longboarding 🛹, surfing 🏄‍♂️, snorkeling 🏊‍♂️, and scuba diving 🤿 (I have a PADI license 🔵). I'd like to have a super stretched body 🧘🏼‍♂️, so I'd love to improve my yoga skills (I find acro yoga particularly interesting 🤸‍♂️). I'm also into meditation 🙏🏼, although I haven't taken it too seriously yet (one day I will).

I generally live pretty simply: I'm used to sleeping in odd places 🛏️ and am not a picky eater 🍽️. I'm a good worker 💪🏼 and an easy guest 🏡. I'm also a Couchsurfer 🛋️ (I hosted many travelers in my flat), you can read my profile and what people have said about me there (link below).

I speak fluently English 🇬🇧, Spanish 🇪🇸, and Italian 🇮🇹. I know some words of Portuguese 🇵🇹, Swedish 🇸🇪, and Finnish 🇫🇮.

Here you can read real reviews about me:
Couchsurfing - https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/rignaneseleo 🛋️
BlaBlaCar - https://www.blablacar.it/user/show/bd32de80-a97a-11e5-a000-00186731117c/reviews 🚗
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rignaneseleo 💼

Thanks for reading! 🙏🏼 :)

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Finnish: Beginner
Portuguese: Beginner
Swedish: Beginner

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Gardening

Hospitality/Tourism

Charity Work

Eco Projects

Animal Care

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Some knowledge of:  

DIY and building projects

General Maintenance

Helping around the house

Art Projects

Teaching

Creating/ Cooking family meals

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Able to teach about:  

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Languages

More details about your skills

I'm responsible and totally indipendent: I live alone and I'm mostly a solo traveller.

Talking about my skills:
- PROACTIVITY: I put this one as first because I believe procastination is the worst habit. You can be the skillest man on earth but if you hold over the commitments you have, the final result is mediocre. Usually when I want\need to do something, I focus and do it.

- BUILDING: when I was 3, my parents gave me Lego and from there I've got passion about building and reparing: from fornitures to motorbikes engines passing through Playstations and other digital stuff. Basically I'm an handyman. I have to admit that sometimes I fix stuff in my own way: usually it is far from the ortodox one but it works (and it's cooler ;) )

- PHOTOGRAPY: in love with it. Mainly landscapes and nature, but also people are nice to photograph :)
I've got a mirrorless camera and 2 lenses, I'm taking online courses. I've just published my first calendar!

- COOKING: I like healty food, so I can have the enery I need to live the day at the maximum. Don't forget I'm Italian ;)

- INFORMATICS: I've studied Informatics since I was a kid. I'm proud to report that once I received a call from Microsoft Talent Team for an intership proposal: such a big achievement!
I'm mainly into apps: I pubblished an app when I was 19yo that has been downloaded more than 300.000 times all over the world! Nowadays I work as a remote app developer for 2 californian guys.

I would be happy to help you out with your online presence or other digital things :)

Age

27

What else ...

I'm here on WorkAway because I'd like to spend my next free period helping out someone doing cool stuff somewhere in the world. Look that from this description I can only share the 10% of what I really am!
I alaways prefer speak to people so I'd be happy to have a Skype call with you if you wanna know me better! :)

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