Paulina Michelle, 19 years from Tilarán, Costa Rica (ID 1175194)

Spanish(Native), English(B2), Korean(A1)

30 Apr 2023 - 01 Jan 2024

12 - 24 Months

Jan 2026

Big City, Suburb, Town, Village, Countryside

3-6 Year, 7-10 Year, 11-14 Year

Yes, with any of them

Yes

Yes

Documented hours with children over 2y: 1,474h
Maximum number of children to care for: 3
Driving weekly, driver’s license since October 2022 (driving since June 2022)

Fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine
Enrolled in University (English Teacher)

Paulina Michelle is a creative and responsible 19y old Au Pair from Costa Rica who speaks Spanish, English and some Korean. She has 1 sibling who is older. Paulina has experience with children from 3 through 15+y old. She has been a nanny for 2 families and she did 2 internships in a kindergarten. Paulina is first aid trained, has her drivers license since October 2022 but she is driving since June 2022 already. She is driving weekly. In her free time she likes to bake, do sports, to play video games, to do crafts and to cook.

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Care Experience

With which age group do you have experience
None Poor Intermediate A lot of
Newborns
Newborns
None
1-2 Year
1-2 Year
None
3-6 Year
3-6 Year
A lot of
7-10 Year
7-10 Year
A lot of
11-14 Year
11-14 Year
Intermediate
15 Year+
15 Year+
Intermediate

What kind of experience do you have in child care?
None Poor Intermediate A lot of
Changing Diapers
Changing Diapers
None
Feeding
Feeding
A lot of
Bathing
Bathing
None
Putting children to bed
Putting children to bed
A lot of
Dressing
Dressing
A lot of
Preparing Meals
Preparing Meals
A lot of
Reading books
Reading books
A lot of
Tinkering
Tinkering
A lot of
Playing
Playing
A lot of

Would you take care of a special needs child? No

Have experiences in taking care of a special needs child? No

Details of your experiences

Experience and duration Age and name of the children Number Gender Total hours
Internship kindergarten
9/14/2022 - 12/22/2022
Age and name of the children Group of 11, ages between 4 - 6 Number 11 Gender Both Total hours 200
Nanny
01/5/2021 - 12/20/2021
Age and name of the children Lucia 6 years Number 1 Gender Female Total hours 598
Nanny
4/10/2019 - 4/13/2020
Age and name of the children Carlos 10 years Number 1 Gender Male Total hours 576
Internship kindergarten
11/14/2022 - 12/22/2022
Age and name of the children Groups of 11, ages between 4 - 6 Number 11 Gender Both Total hours 100

Have you been an au pair abroad before No

What kind of experience do you have in house work?

None Poor Intermediate A lot of
Cleaning up
Cleaning up
A lot of
Ironing
Ironing
A lot of
Doing laundry
Doing laundry
A lot of
Vacuuming
Vacuuming
A lot of
Baking
Baking
A lot of
Preparing Snacks
Preparing Snacks
A lot of
Cooking
Cooking
A lot of
Gardening
Gardening
Intermediate

If you have any other Child Care Experience we should know of, please describe them
In my adolescence I had the opportunity to take care of my cousins' and my parent's friend's children for a few hours, I did a lot of things with them like entertaining, feeding, watching out for them, taking them to the bathroom, playing, and watching movies.
When I volunteer for the kindergarten internship, I had the opportunity to teach the kids some things, read them tales, take care of them, make them do some exercise, and develop their abilities to be creative and learn. I played the role of a teacher assistant, which means that I was in charge of planning the activities that the kids needed to do that day, as well as helping them with their schoolwork works like learning to use scissors to cut images and figures, teach them to distinguish the days of the week, months and years, teach them to be able to recognize different geometric shapes, stimulate their intellectual abilities through computer games provided by the Ministry of Education. The children's ages were from 4 to 7.

I also had the opportunity to take care of kids around 12 years old too, we played together and learned, I teach them how stories and tales are made up, helped them make DIYs, and helped the school to plan activities for them like dancing, playing sports, making shared lunches and saying goodbye to their last year of school.

Knowledge/Skills

What is your native language? Spanish

How good is your level of foreign languages?

Language Level Studied language for Comments/Certificate
Language - English Level Upper intermediate (B2) Studied language for 10 Year/s Comments/Certificate
Language Korean Level Beginner (A1) Studied language for 1 Year/s Comments/Certificate
Language Level Studied language for Comments/Certificate

Driving skills

Do you have a driving licence? Yes, with experience

Since when you are driving Jun 2022

How often do you drive? Weekly

You have experience with driving in The City, The Countryside, The Motorway

You have experience driving a car with Manual and Automatic Transmission

Additional knowledge and skills

Did you attend a first-aid training? Yes

What is your swimming level? Good

Are you able to ride a bicycle? Yes

Can you do horse riding? Yes

Do you play any musical instruments? No

Do you play sports? Yes


If you have any other areas of knowledge or skills, please describe them below:
Baking: I have fun baking from time to time, following recipes is easy for me because there are very good pastry chefs in my family. It's like a hobby that I have, which is very useful when it comes to sharing with children and teaching them a little about the trade. Hand in hand with this hobby, cooking also comes, I like to recreate recipes that I see on the internet and try to do it my way. I have made dishes like lasagna, BBQ ribs, chicken wings, and corn tortillas, among many other foods, and I would like to be able to cook typical dishes from my country for you.

Making DIYs: I am a very creative and perfectionist person, crafts such as coloring, drawing, making cutouts, creating clay dolls, and any type of activity of this type that children are willing to do are easy for me. I have fun doing these types of crafts and they are beautiful and good for children to develop their creativity skills

Taking care of others: My personality is very generous and I like to see that the people around me are well, therefore I am the type of person who likes to take care of others and do what is in my power to make them well. This applies more to young children, so if your children ever have a problem, I would be very willing to help with it and take care of your children to the best of my ability.

Driving: I've always been good at driving, I've been driving alongside my father since I was 12 years old, and in 2022 I got my driver's license. I am very prudent when it comes to abiding by traffic signs. If your kids need someone to drive them to their schools, clubs, or somewhere to hang out, I'd be happy to do so.

Please describe your hobbies
Playing sports: I spent my entire childhood and adolescence playing sports, I really like them and I'm very good at them. I was in a soccer team, swimming, and ballet club for several years. In my free time, I like to play sports like volleyball, basketball, and cycling, I didn't officially practice those last sports in a club but I learned them and I practice them very well. So if your children are in a sports club, I would be willing and happy to take them and accompany them to their respective activities.

Playing video games: I've always really liked video games, I'm not that good at them but they entertain me a lot. If your house rules allow children to play video games in their free time, I would be happy to spend time with them playing their favorite games.
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