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Overview
About Me
ABOUT ME
I was born in a small town 120 km away from Barcelona and all I could dream of was to move to a big city and never live in a small town again.
So when I was 18 I moved to Barcelona to study and I stayed there 6 years while I studied business, did internships and started my working life.
During that time, I also lived 7 months in Germany while I was doing an internship on logistics. After that, I promised myself I would never work in that field again.
After those 6 year I moved to Kufstein (Tyrol, Austria) which is a small town just the same size as the one I come from and, guess what? It was for a job in logistics. And I can only say these last four years there have been amaaazing, I love how funny life can be :-)
By the end of September 2014 I left my job and moved to Vienna to find opportunities on what I think could be my working passion: sustainability / CSR / social intra or entrepreneurship, etc. I think we should all work together for a better world. I ended up working on the New Economy field with a start-up NGO called The Global Hub for the Common Good, I also work for a writer and activist, also in this field.
I am vegetarian and I try to reduce the usage of plastics and packagings.
PHILOSOPHY
Working together for a better world is easier than most people think!
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
I love this community, I have been a couple of times at the meet-ups in Vienna and have met some people around and they were all great!
From May 15th on I will be traveling around trying out how it feels like to be a digital nomad, I want to spend a couple of months traveling around Europe while working.
I am thrilled to meet with people who also think we should share more, work together for a better world and find sustainable solutions to our world's problems. In the end, we are all humans!
Interests
Nature, jogging, tennis, cooking, reading, new economy, corporate social responsibility, social intra/entrepreneurship, find ways of collaboration, psychology. I love love love learning languages (catalan, spanish, english, german, french and learning italian, portuguese and polish) and meeting people from different cultures.
- writing
- cooking
- vegetarian
- drinking
- reading
- traveling
- socializing
- tennis
- business
- entrepreneurship
- languages
- psychology
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I quit my job in 2014 and I took a year to experiment things, to re-orient myself professionally and it has been amazing, the things I've done:
+I moved from Kufstein to Vienna
+Started learning psychology on an online university
+I joined a group of girls and together we are working to build up a start-up. We met at a start-up workshop!
+Joined the Impact Hub Vienna to do an accelerator Program
+through networking I got to the job I have now...it took me 9 months of patience to get it (no, it's not that well paid :) I just felt it was the right thing!)
+I did all sorts of trainings and workshops: business theatre, visual facilitation, sales, marketing, personal development, etc.
+Started and hosted the Live Your Legend Vienna Meet-ups for 6 months
+I wrote my Master Thesis and finished the two-year course
+Finally, I spent two months in Asia: India + Bangladesh
Teach, Learn, Share
I am especially passionate about Authenticity, Vulnerability, Sustainability, Social Responsibility, Human Connection and start-ups. So I am happy to share or discuss about these topics, but also languages or...I like to talk about anything and lean anything!
What I Can Share with Hosts
I am vegetarian, but I do not mind to cook in a non-vegetarian kitchen.
I love to sleep and can almost sleep anywhere :)
I'd love to cook a nice meal for you if you host me - and if that is of for you, of course-
I am a quiet person, but I love to talk, go for a drink if you want to and learn from you.
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Paraguay, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland
Countries I’ve Lived In
Austria, Germany, Spain