“Loo­king back on my 6 years of expe­ri­ence working with child­ren and stu­dy­ing Ear­ly Child­hood Edu­ca­ti­on, it makes sen­se to me that I try to make a care­er out of it. I have a natu­ral dis­po­si­ti­on towards kind­ness and nur­tu­ring tho­se around me. In every inter­ac­tion, I sen­se the­re is an oppor­tu­ni­ty to both learn and teach, if only we can be awa­re and pre­sent in that moment.

I stu­di­ed Ear­ly Child­hood Edu­ca­ti­on for 4 years at Dia­blo Val­ley Col­lege, in Cali­for­nia, whe­re I am from. I was then taken under the wing of a Pro­fes­sor who recom­men­ded me to the direc­tor of a Reg­gio Emi­lia pre­school, Buil­ding Blocks Children’s Cen­ter, whe­re I would later work as a Pre­school teacher.

I have also tra­ve­led and vol­un­tee­red through work­a­way, working with child­ren in India and throug­hout various count­ries in South Ame­ri­ca. From my tra­vels, see­ing how dif­fe­rent cul­tures rai­se their child­ren, it is clear to me how important pati­ence and for­gi­ve­ness is. Fur­ther­mo­re, how important it is for a care­gi­ver to nur­tu­re a young one’s auto­no­my as well as crea­ti­vi­ty. How a sen­se of com­mu­ni­ty can offer a sen­se of safe­ty, trust and warmth.

When I am home Cali­for­nia, in bet­ween tra­ve­ling, I work­ed for as a pri­va­te house­hold with a daugh­ter at the age of .  I have known prac­ti­cal­ly sin­ce she was born. It has been a joy to watch her grow over the past 4 years. My main duties con­sist of house­work such as coo­king, clea­ning laun­dry, gro­cery shop­ping, and of cour­se caring for and offe­ring lear­ning oppor­tu­ni­ties to Mila.

I have a calm, kind and posi­tively-ener­ge­tic deme­an­or. I am natu­ral­ly playful  and empa­the­tic. In addi­ti­on to child­ca­re, 6 years of expe­ri­ence in the field of gas­tro­no­my has cemen­ted in habits of orga­niza­ti­on, self suf­fi­ci­en­cy and cle­an­li­ne­ss. I belie­ve that it is up to a care­gi­ver to vali­da­te each moment and emo­ti­on with a child, mee­ting them whe­re they are at and try­ing to under­stand the root of any situa­ti­on. Fur­ther­mo­re, it is important to offer struc­tu­re and lear­ning oppor­tu­ni­ties in crea­ti­ve ways to keep things fresh and interesting.

I would be app­re­cia­ti­ve and gra­teful if the fami­ly would be open to help gui­de me through the visa pro­cess. I look for­ward to making a con­nec­tion and intro­du­cing mys­elf to you and your family.“

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„In my two years living in Düs­sel­dorf, I have work­ed as an Eng­lish-spea­king care­gi­ver for child­ren under age three at a bilin­gu­al Kin­der­ta­ges­stät­te. Pre­vious­ly, I gra­dua­ted from The Uni­ver­si­ty of North Caro­li­na at Greens­bo­ro with a Bachelor’s of Sci­ence in Nur­sing, whe­re my stu­dies included pedia­tric care.
Along­side my uni­ver­si­ty stu­dies, I also work­ed as a pri­va­te nan­ny for two fami­lies with infants and todd­lers. My child­ca­re expe­ri­ence in both pri­va­te and group set­tings has allo­wed me to eva­lua­te typi­cal child deve­lo­p­ment as well as indi­vi­du­al needs for appro­xi­m­ate­ly 30 children.
In addi­ti­on to my child­ca­re expe­ri­ence, I also had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to per­form dai­ly care and medi­cal tasks for indi­vi­du­als with seve­re disa­bi­li­ties in a home set­ting. Here, I deve­lo­ped fur­ther con­fi­dence in taking on pri­ma­ry respon­si­bi­li­ty in deman­ding situations.

I am known to have a calm and posi­ti­ve deme­an­or, which I belie­ve is well-sui­ted to child­ca­re. I love to have fun and be sil­ly, while main­tai­ning rela­ti­onships based on mutu­al respect bet­ween the child­ren, par­ents, and mys­elf. The par­ents I have work­ed with have con­ti­nuous­ly regard­ed me as an empa­the­tic, pas­sio­na­te, and valuable fami­ly sup­port­er. I am ide­al­ly see­king a posi­ti­on with infants and todd­lers in Düs­sel­dorf. I would love to intro­du­ce mys­elf to you and your family.“