Here below (in no particular order) you will find the profiles of the candidates:
Natnaree Kanjanawattana
Greetings,
I am
Natnaree from Thailand. I am 24 years old.
I am an open-minded and out-going individual. Although my native
Language is Thai, I also speak English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently.
I am
delighted and extremely honored to be a part of Crossways in Cultural
Narratives Programme and, even more, to receive the opportunity to be a
candidate to run for Crossways student representatives. From my diverse
academic and professional background, I believe I am your suitable and
efficient candidate.
Regarding
my academic background, in 2011, I graduated from Faculty of Arts of Chulalongkorn
University, Thailand , majoring in Spanish. During my academic years, I was the
head of Spanish major. We have arranged various activities and discussions to
improve the collaboration and communication between students and professors to
solve every problem in a mature and diplomatic approach. Later, during my
senior year, I was also President of Spanish Club of my faculty and have done
the same activities to improve the bond between students, majoring in Spanish,
from different years.
Apart
from that, I have had academic experiences abroad. Last May I finished my
8-months Portuguese course from Universidade de Lisboa , Portugal and in 2005,
I was also an exchange student of Rotary Youth Exchange and spent 1 year in
Corrientes, Argentina.
I am
currently a Portuguese Lecturer at Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.
However, in 2011-2012, I worked at the Embassy of Portugal in Thailand as secretary
to His Excellency the Portuguese Ambassador, from where I have gained
invaluable skill and knowledge of diplomacy and protocol. I have had
experiences in negotiating in international level with public and private
institutions and authorities.
Having
lived in different continents and having worked in certain positions and areas
makes me conscious, very cautious and diplomatic about the cultural difference and
national delicacy when I deal with people of different nationalities.
I am
enthusiastic to run for Crossways student representative because I strongly
believe that together we could have a very smooth path and fun experience
during our forthcoming academic years. I will take care of your concerns and
needs with full seriousness. I believe I posses experiences, knowledge and
skills to fulfill the requirements of this prestigious position. It will be my
utmost honour to be representing the 2013-2015 Crossways students.
Thank
you very much for your kind consideration.
Regards,
Natnaree
Paula Hudrea
Dear fellow students,
My name is Paula Hudrea
and I come from a very beautiful country, Romania, located at the intersection
of Central and Southeastern Europe. Currently I live, study and work for two
years now, as an English teacher in a city that I absolutely love, Madrid. With your consensus, I will proudly represent
all of you and therefore please find below a brief description of myself.
On a professional level,
I graduated in 2008 from the faculty of American Studies from Cluj Napoca. It gave
me the chance to specialize in the cultural domain, to be educated in order to
possess and apply the acquired knowledge and perceptions that take place in the
American society, the connections between the European and American world and
among others, the dimensions and relations between globalization and culture.
While ending my freshman year I decided to open up some more my professional
spectrum so I enlisted myself for a second career at the Faculty of Law. The MA
in Transatlantic Studies was inaugurated and after two years of studies, in
2010, I became a specialist in cultural management and affairs, in
international relations, in the media sphere and an expert at various
governmental institutions. Therefore, in five years I successfully finished two
BA’s and one MA. I graduated top of my generation and represented my MA colleagues
throughout those two years of study.
Due to the fact that
I was always fascinated by the Spanish language and its unique beauty I decided
to do another MA but this time in the field of Translation and Interpretation
at the University of Alcala de Henares from Madrid. My goal was to work with
two of my favorite themes, languages and culture and to develop extra new
skills. I was the representative of my group; I attended meetings with the
teachers and other group representatives regularly and managed to always
maintain a constructive relationship between us, the students, and our
teachers. In the end, I had the honor of giving the MA’s closing ceremonial speech.
On a personal level,
I succeeded in improving my social and language skills by getting involved in
various projects, organizations and summer jobs. I have worked in Spain and
Germany, in various domains. This consisted in a double advantage for me
because my family lives in the countries mentioned above for more than ten
years now. Therefore, with each year I also had the chance to visit and spend some
quality time with them. This experience gave me such an easiness to adapt to
any environment, shift the use of language according to each individual or
group in question, be socially fitted and find quick solutions in any given
situation.
I would be
delighted to be the Student Representative because I am very professional,
organized and focused. I’m very open minded, excellent team player; can handle
really good several tasks at the same time and without a shadow of a doubt I
know we’ll all develop a positive and noteworthy impact upon this amazing master
program. Also, I’m sooo used with the lack of sleep, thank God for coffee. Just
joking. Not.
Can’t wait to meet you all at Sheffield! Until then,
ya’ll have a great summer and be prepared because our next two years are going
to be legendary!!!
