Personal introduction

Hello Dear family My name is Linda Jaimes, I am 25 years old and I am from Colombia, I like very much to share with children, listen to their experiences, answer their questions and try to understand how they view the world, I would like to be able to support your family as an Au Pair. I live in a town in Santander named Socorro, since I was a child I have lived on a farm, I love animals and nature, so I decided to become a biologist to investigate the different forms of life. My biggest motivation as an Au Pair is to be able to share with the host family, to be their support in all daily activities and to be able to take very good care of their children, I would like to learn about their culture, with my knowledge I hope to be a great support and also learn many new things, I know that this experience will be a great challenge since I will be far away from home, but I have always wanted to be able to travel, improve my english level, explore and share with other cultures, as well as to know the world around me. My experience with the care of children began at a very young age, being the eldest of my sisters when I was 9 years old I supported my mom with the care of my younger sister, I helped my mom to bathe her, dress her, feed her, played with her and later helped her with her homework, then I have taken care of my younger cousins, when I lived in Bogota I took care of my little cousin Allison who was 3 years old, I picked her up from the garden, helped her with her homework and played with her, more recently I have also taken care of my little cousins Camilo 6 years old, Gabriela 6 years old, Liam 5 years old, Dylan 7 years old and Thiago 2 years old, with them we play or go to the park, we do crafts, read stories, I help them with their homework and sometimes I have picked them up from school, as well as I have also worked taking care of several children among them is Santiago who I took care of since he was 2 years old until he was 4 years old while I was in college, I picked him up from school, I prepared food for him like breakfast, lunch, dinner, lunch and dinner, I prepared him breakfast, lunch and snacks, I bathed and dressed him, we played dress up games and drawings, I also helped him with his homework and we went out to play in the park, I took care of two little sisters named Mariana, 8 years old and Gabriela, 4 years old during the vacation season, I took care of them during the day I prepared them breakfast and snacks, I bathed and dressed them, also I helped them with their homework and we went out to play in the park, I took care of two little sisters named Mariana, 8 years old and Gabriela, 4 years old during the vacation season, I took care of them during the day I prepared their breakfast and snacks, I took care of them during the day I prepared breakfast and snacks, bathed and dressed them, in the afternoons we did activities like watching movies and taking them to their swimming and skating lessons, additionally in the place where I live there is a rural school and sometimes I have supported the teacher in activities for children such as workshops on the environment, educational games, science classes and crafts.