Marcela, age 21 at a Glance
21-year old woman, Brazilian national living in Brazil who speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish. She is a non-smoker with previous Au Pair experience that has a driver's license and is willing to do housework. She has a passport from United States and no visas.
Customer Since 08/21/2008	Last Activity 10/06/2008	Profile added to 0 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 1 Due
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Contact Information for Marcela
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City	Campinas
State/Province	Sao Paulo
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Country	Brazil

Au Pair Preferences and Availability
Prefers to work with families of the nationality	American
Would like to work in the following countries	United States
Au Pair is open to other locations but prefers	No preference
Languages spoken by Au Pair	English Portuguese Spanish
Earliest starting date Au Pair is available	October, 2008
Latest date Au Pair is available	December, 2008
Shortest period Au Pair can stay	12 months
Longest period Au Pair can stay	16 months
Au Pair is seeking work that is	Full-time or part-time
Au Pair prefers a work situation that is	Live In
Au Pair's weekly salary expectation is	$101 - $200
Years of education completed	13-16
Years of previous childcare experience	4
Au Pair owns her own automobile	No
Will care for children under Age 2	Yes
Will care for the elderly	No
Will care for disabled people	No
Will work for a single parent family	Yes
Will care for special-needs children	No
Will care for pets	Yes
Au Pair can swim	No
Has first-aid training	No
Religious or spiritual practice	Baptist
Prefers a family in the age group	No Preference
Dietary considerations	None - I eat everything
Au Pair's health is	Excellent
Au Pair's height is	5' 7" or 170 Centimeters
Au Pair's weight is	170 Lbs or 77 Kgs
Au Pair is married	No
Au Pair is part of a working couple	No
Will provide references upon request	Yes

 

Au Pair's Message to Families

Dear host family! My name is Marcela and I’m 21 years old. I was born in Campinas, São Paulo, where I live with my parents, Zelindo e Ivone, and my brother Wesley, who is 19. My family is very nice an I’m very happy with them! They are affectionate and they always support me concerning all my decisions. All my family is glad with my journey to the Unites States of American, although we are going to be distant for a year. But I’m sure the experience will worth it! Our friend are also very happy with my decision to live abroad and I can count on them. I study languages in college, Portuguese and Spanish. I love latin languages. I stopped my course this semester to prepare myself better to this trip. If I were in college, I wouldn’t have enough time to study English. In Brazil, children get in touch with the English language very early, but I hadn’t studied it deeply, until I had the chance to enter an English course at the school where I work. Then, I had the opportunity to join this exchange program, as the school where I work is a Language School and we work with cultural Exchanges Programs. It interested me a lot! I’ve always had contact with children. My mother has worked with children for many years and several times , I could help her. She has also been a kids leader in our church and I usually worked with her and I do work nowadays, although my mother isn’t the leader anymore. I take care of the children and teach them the Bible. Besides this, I have many small cousins that are always at my house and I usually help taking care of them, feeding, bathing, etc. I have studied music since I was eight, and I began teach too. I have worked for an ONG(non-governmental Organization), teaching music to poor children from a poor area in my city. I liked very much being with them, because I knew they needed love and attention and I could somehow help yhem. I have also worked in a Music School, teaching flute to kids. These kid’s reality was completely different, but I also liked the experience very much. Nowadays, besides my work in church, I take care of two girls who live in my buiding: Sarah, eight, and Miriã, seven. I help them with their homework, I play with them and I go out with them when it’s possible. It’s very pleasant to spend my time with them because I learn a lot with the children and besides this, they’re fun and sometimes I teach them Spanish. I believe being an Au Pair in the USA will be a very enriching experience and will bring good things to me. I am looking forward to being in the United States of America and I hope I’ll have a very good relationship with my host family, especially with the children! I hope we can meet soon. Faithfully yours, Marcela