Clayton

Information de voyage

Actuellement, je suis

Description

Overall: while I am currently "self-employed" (or, ahem, "funemployed" depending on my mood), nomadic, and have very much enjoyed exploring new places and meeting new people, I am increasingly looking for opportunities and places where I may want to put down roots longer term. I hope to continue being close to the land, likely doing some farming activity at least part-time, while building strong local connections, wherever that may be.

Personal and non-career highlights: I grew up in coastal Northern California, off-grid in the house my parents built part of the time, and I am very close to my family; I have maintained consistent and frequent contact with them over the years, including multiple stints as the primary care giver to my nephew then niece for a night or week here or there to allow my sister and her husband some free time. I also coached a cousin's son's under 7 boys soccer team in Northern California one season and loved seeing the kids evolve from a jumbled mess running around to being able to pass the ball and advance down the field. I have helped family and friends with a variety of odd jobs through my life and while I am by no means an all around handyman, electrician, or plumber, I am fairly well versed in a number of basic power tools, deck/shed/similarly-small-structure construction, and landscaping/gardening (with, of course, sufficient instruction of what is desired -- people have highly varied opinions!).

My adult life and [professional] background: I got a combined Bachelor's/Master's in Geography with a focus in Economic Geography, lived in Costa Rica for four years while working for an international business consulting firm, moved to New York City for my second Master's and helped start-up a non-profit company focused on training government employees in data analytics, and most recently lived in Finland for 2.5 years working as a Product Manager at a satellite company where the product I managed was 'near-real-time' information about floods. I left Finland at the beginning of Sept 2024 and discovered (unsurprisingly, in retrospect) it is very difficult to truly connect with local communities and cultures when hopping from place to place.

My first Workaway was on a small family farm/tourist destination near Porto Cesareo, Italy, where I stayed for just over 3 weeks helping with odd jobs (cleaning up after the horse, planting trees, clearing land, gardening, etc) -- I absolutely loved it. I also learned about the disaster recovery NGO All Hands And Hearts while traveling through the Philippines, where I had my first multi-week disaster response volunteer experience helping AHAH on their school construction project in Southern Leyte.

I am happy to answer any questions about my path and/or interests.

Centres d’intérêt

Bénévolat

Sports d’hiver

Camping

Sports d'équipe

Livres

Sports d'aventure

Voile / bateau

Activités en plein air

Nature

Culture

Ferme

Montagne

Randonnée

Plage

Dev. durable

Histoire

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Intermédiaire
Italien: Débutant

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
I recently completed my TEFL Level 5 Certifiication and have tutored English before. While I'm only fluent in English, I speak conversational Spanish and am learning Italian.

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Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

Ça m'intéresse :  

Langues

Éco-projets

Jardinage

Bricolage et projets de construction

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J'ai des connaissances :  

Aide informatique / Internet

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

My professional experience is mostly related to data and analytics -- using some data to try and answer questions or figure out how to do 'something' better. Outside of that general umbrella, I also managed other people, figured out a payment system and all the operations for training programs I then helped run, set-up and maintained a database for my analytics team to use, and worked across engineering, sales, and operations to prioritize what needed to happen next for a data product about floods.

On a personal side, I grew up playing - and still enjoy but play much less frequently - many sports, including: basketball, football (both American and international, so "real" football :) ), and tennis. I coached - and very much enjoyed - one season of 7 year old boys football (soccer). I sorted and then delivered apples on a friend's farm one season, prior to which I grafted different apple and pear varieties at a farm in New York state.

All in all, I believe I can pick up new skills fairly quickly and contribute to a wide array of projects.

Âge

37

Autres infos...

When there is nothing happening around me and I have downtime I usually read; mostly I read sci-fi/fantasy but I also have a list of history/philosophy books that I recommend whenever the topic comes up. I enjoy most games but generally prefer cards or more traditionally simple games (eg scrabble, charades) over more complex and imagination-driven table-top games.

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