Maria Elena, 26 years from Nicoya, Costa Rica (ID 1165047)
Spanish(Native), English(B2)
01 Sep 2022 - 30 Apr 2023
12 - 24 Months
Dec 2025
Big City, Suburb, Town, Village, Countryside
1-2 Year, 3-6 Year, 7-10 Year, 11-14 Year, 15 Year+
Yes, with any of them
Yes
Yes






Documented hours with children over 2y: 1,900h
Maximum number of children to care for: 3
Driving daily, driver’s license since August 2020
Fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine
Maria Elena is an active and hard-working 26y old Au Pair from Costa Rica who speaks Spanish and English. She has 1 sibling who is younger. Maria has experience with children from 1m through 14y old. She has been working as a babysitter for 2 families and as a nanny. Maria is first aid trained, has her drivers license since August 2020 and she is driving daily. She plays the clarinet and guitar and in her free time she likes to do crossfit, to read, watch movies, to spend time with family and friends and to hike.
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Care Experience
With which age group do you have experienceNone | Poor | Intermediate | A lot of | |
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Newborns |
Newborns
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1-2 Year |
1-2 Year
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3-6 Year |
3-6 Year
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7-10 Year |
7-10 Year
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11-14 Year |
11-14 Year
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15 Year+ |
15 Year+
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What kind of experience do you have in child care?
None | Poor | Intermediate | A lot of | |
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Changing Diapers |
Changing Diapers
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Feeding |
Feeding
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Bathing |
Bathing
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Putting children to bed |
Putting children to bed
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Dressing |
Dressing
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Preparing Meals |
Preparing Meals
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Reading books |
Reading books
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Tinkering |
Tinkering
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Playing |
Playing
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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 |
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Nanny May, 2021 - I keep working |
Age and name of the children Samantha 6 years. | Number 1 | Gender Female | Total hours 1120 |
Babysitter January, 2018 - November, 2020 |
Age and name of the children Jesé 1 year. Abigail 1 month. | Number 2 | Gender Both | Total hours 760 |
Babysitter May, 2018 - October, 2018 |
Age and name of the children Valentina 4 years, Ariel 7 years | Number 2 | Gender Both | Total hours 480 |
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 | |
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Cleaning up |
Cleaning up
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Ironing |
Ironing
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Doing laundry |
Doing laundry
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Vacuuming |
Vacuuming
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Baking |
Baking
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Preparing Snacks |
Preparing Snacks
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Cooking |
Cooking
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Gardening |
Gardening
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I have experience taking care of children for hours in the afternoons and evenings when the parents called me, there were 4 children Mathias 2 years old, Sebastián 3 years old, David 6 years old, Said 6 years old. It was approximately 150 hours between 2018 and 2019.
In addition, I have experience taking care of my little cousins, my family is extensive and I have several little cousins, between 1 and 12 years old, including my brother. With my cousins in the afternoons, we go for a walk around the neighborhood, play in the playground and do homework, take care of them when my aunts ask me, do family activities, and above all we play basketball, because it is our family passion.
Knowledge/Skills
What is your native language? Spanish
How good is your level of foreign languages?
Language | Level | Studied language for | Comments/Certificate |
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Language - English | Level Upper intermediate (B2) | Studied language for 3 Year/s | Comments/Certificate Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
Driving skills
Do you have a driving licence? Yes, with experience
Since when you are driving Aug 2020
How often do you drive? Daily
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? Yes
Do you play sports? Yes
If you have any other areas of knowledge or skills, please describe them below:
I really like playing sports and walking, and I consider that this is important in the integral growth of children.
Learning to play a musical instrument, or some art such as painting or drawing is also important for integral growth, and in my case, I played the guitar and the clarinet when I was a teenager and I love to sing and dance, which is fun when the children like to relax.
Please describe your hobbies
Contact

837 Whalley Avenue
06515 New Haven