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German to Romanian (Berliner Volkshochschule) English to Romanian (Cambridge English Advanced Certificate)
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DejaVu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint
Bio
PROFILE
Anthropologist, translator, social psychologist, social worker, non-formal educator, amateur photographer
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelancer – January 2016 – to present
Where : Armenia, Iran, Kosovo, Romania, France, Georgia, Russia, Albania, Ukraine, Greece.
Translation, Research, Volunteering, Erasmus Plus Youth work training courses, Workshops, Photography, Traveling
Language and cultural mediator - November 2014 – December 2015
Nachbarschaftsheim Neukoelln – Berlin, Allemagne
Assisting and facilitating the process of social inclusion for marginalized communities of Roma families, who recently moved from Romania to Berlin, as well as for refugees. My tasks range from translating and advocating to counseling and social support for children and young people.
Au Pair in a host family in Berlin - April 2013 - June 2014
Berlin, Germany
Children Care &Learning German
Volunteer within the mobility programme ‘European Voluntary Service’ - October 2011-September 2012
Rota Jovem – youth Association, Cascais and Lisbon –Portugal
Working for the project ‘Social Bond’, teaching English in kindergardens and primary schools, developing and organizing various workshops related to the importance of artistic expression, in order to promote literature and literacy among socially disadvantaged children and youth.
Mediator-translator - April-June 2011
The festival 'Music Meeting', Nijmegen, Holland
Mediating the communication between Romanian and Dutch musicians, in a workshop on traditional Romanian music, starting from the developing phase of the workshop until the public performance within the music festival
Survey interviewer – November 2006 – December 2007
The Research Center on interethnic relations, "Babes-Bolyai"University, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Collecting data about people’s political opinions and affiliationsby applying questionnaires at their domiciles
EDUCATION
Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology – August 2010-July 201
VU Amsterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences, Amsterdam, Holland
Human Security and Insecurity, Constructing Identities and Notions of Belonging, Migration, Community construction, Identity Politics, Sociolinguistics, Sustainable Development
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology – October 2007-June 2010
"Babes Bolyai"University, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Work Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Statistics
Bachelor’s degree in Sociology – October 2006-June 2009
"Babes Bolyai"University, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Sociology, Anthropology, Social Linguistics, Social Work, Urban Studies, Human Resources, Project Management, Statistics
PERSONAL COMPETENCES
Conference Participations and Paper Presentations
Translator for the first transnational conference within an european project on 'Inclusive Education for children with special needs and migrants', gathering four partners: Poland, Macedonia,Romania,and France, November-December, Paris
Participant in the international conference “Interkult” about about peace building, conflict resolution and religious tolerance, organized by the Forum for Progressive Initiatives, Pristina, Republic of Kosovo, May-June 2016
Participant in the Alpbach Summer School on European Integration, Belgrade, Serbia, September 2014
Participant in the 9thInternational Summer School in Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans, Konitsa, Greece, 2014
Participant in the professional workshop on street and portrait photography, organized by the socio-cultural association ‘Casa da Achada’ in Lisbon, 2012
Participant in the scientific communication congress at the Faculty of Sociology and Social work, “Babes Bolyai"University, where I presented my BA thesis, 2009
Participant with the group research paper ‘European and social identity’ in the International Seminar entitled ”German-Romanian relations, political culture and society in Romania”, organized by Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat of Erlangen Nurnberg in Bad Kissingen, Germany, 2008
Field interviewer in a social research project on the subject “The new urban residential areas in Cluj-Napoca”, within Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2008
Trainings
Scholarship for the intensive summer course in Modern Greek language, offered by the School of Modern Greek Language, Aristotle University , Thessaloniki, Greece, August-September 2017
Participant in the Erasmus+ Training course «Youth can help»; a project on the integration of young refugees and migrants; organized by the Center for Euroinitiatives, in Sumy, Ukraine, july 2017
Participant in the regional restoration camp «Historical crafts and entrepreneurship», organized by the Cultural Heritage without Borders, in Kruja, Albania, june 2017
Participant in the Erasmus+ Training course «GO VISUAL»; a project on the creative visual competences, first part in Rostov Velikiy, Russia, may-june 2017 and second part in Yerevan, Armenia, july 2017, both organized by Academy of Innovation
Participant in the Erasmus+ Training course «Bringing Social Rights to our Local Agendas»; a project on the acces of young people to social rights; organized by the Youth Social Rights Network, in Surami, Georgia, april-may 2017
Participant in the Erasmus+ Training Course ' Visual Methods to explore local communities - Participatory Photography project' in Băile Tușnad, Romania, October 2016
Participant in the Erasmus+ training course “Coaching for Change”, aimed at building competences in youth empowerment through coaching techniques, in Yerevan, Armenia, January-February 2016
Volunteer for the association ARSIS, in the welcome center for refugees as an animator for children and teenagers, Thessaloniki, Greece, October-November 2017
Volunteer for the association UTOPIA56 in the refugee shelter as an animator for children and teenagers, Paris, 2017
Volunteer for refugee shelters as an Animator for children, Berlin and Paris, 2015
Participant and organizer in the Festival of Romanian Culture in Cracow, an annual Polish-Romanian collaboration, where cultural exchange through social and intercultural activities is the main aim, 2010
Volunteer for the non-governmental organization ‚Habitat for Humanity’, whose goal is to diminish poverty housing and homelessness from the world and make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action worldwide. Cluj Napoca, Romania, 2010
Volunteer for the independent theater „Sala Mica”(The Little Room) within „The Paintbrush Factory”,a collective space of production and distribution of contemporary art as an independent cultural center, Cluj Napoca, Romania, 2009
Participant and Organizer in the Summer School of the International Students Week in Timisoara, with the theme "Revolution: real vocation meets virtual education”, July 2008
Volunteer for various art festivals in Europe in the last ten years
Computer skills and competences
Proficient user of Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, Power Point
Personal interests
Passion for languages, photography, cinema, music, theater, literature, traveling
Expertise