1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:16,050 Hi, I'm Anna and this video is to introduce myself a little bit. I hope it only takes like four minutes and not eight like the previous one. So let's try. 2 00:00:16,050 --> 00:00:35,509 Well, I'm 34 years old. I'm turning 35 now in December. I'm from Galicia, from the north of Lugo, from a town called Viveiro. But I've been living here in Madrid for 17 years now, so I can say that I have been living here half of my life. 3 00:00:35,509 --> 00:00:41,310 So I kind of feel from both places now, but my heart remains in Galicia. 4 00:00:42,130 --> 00:00:50,130 I came to study architecture when I was 17 years old and I decided to come to Madrid 5 00:00:50,130 --> 00:00:57,289 because my father and all his family are from Madrid and my grandmother was living in Madrid 6 00:00:57,289 --> 00:01:01,689 so I could live with her. 7 00:01:01,689 --> 00:01:11,489 I mean, I came here to, I was living with her during my whole degree that it took around six years. 8 00:01:11,890 --> 00:01:15,030 In my fourth year, I went on Erasmus to Sweden. 9 00:01:17,069 --> 00:01:22,329 Well, I went there for one whole year. 10 00:01:23,829 --> 00:01:29,370 I was there for my academy year and when I was getting ready to come back to Madrid, 11 00:01:29,370 --> 00:01:35,790 I was offered an internship in an architecture studio so I decided to stay 12 00:01:35,790 --> 00:01:44,489 there for the summer there in Sweden in a city called Malmo yeah I think it was 13 00:01:44,489 --> 00:01:51,090 in Sweden where I realized I didn't have a clue I didn't know how to speak in 14 00:01:51,090 --> 00:02:01,709 English at all. I had been studying English for my whole life. I even had finished my studies at 15 00:02:01,709 --> 00:02:09,550 official languages school back then, but I wasn't able to communicate myself in English. I mean, 16 00:02:09,550 --> 00:02:19,449 it was a complete disaster. But, well, at the end of the year, I could express myself 17 00:02:19,449 --> 00:02:29,870 express myself properly in English. I think it also helped to work there for the summer because 18 00:02:29,870 --> 00:02:37,409 I was forced to communicate in a professional environment and not only with foreign students 19 00:02:37,409 --> 00:02:45,530 so yeah it helped me a lot. Well after that I came back to Madrid, I finished my studies in 20 00:02:45,530 --> 00:02:52,030 architecture and after that I started looking for a job and it was during that 21 00:02:52,030 --> 00:03:01,550 was during the economical crisis period that hit especially hit the construction 22 00:03:01,550 --> 00:03:11,870 sector so I realized that if I wanted to to find a job with good economical 23 00:03:11,870 --> 00:03:18,370 conditions and well a good job I had to study something something else so I 24 00:03:18,370 --> 00:03:25,250 decided to study a master in education to become a teacher but well I was 25 00:03:25,250 --> 00:03:31,990 studying the master while I was looking for a job that I found finally found so 26 00:03:31,990 --> 00:03:39,349 I didn't become a teacher but then I I started working in a engineering company 27 00:03:39,349 --> 00:03:45,469 and after that I changed my job several times I was working also as a visual 28 00:03:45,469 --> 00:03:51,550 merchandiser and after that I started working in several architecture studios 29 00:03:51,550 --> 00:03:58,830 most of them focused on sustainability I mean sustainable construction that I 30 00:03:58,830 --> 00:04:04,789 think well it's the part within architecture that I like the most 31 00:04:04,789 --> 00:04:13,009 most because I don't think architecture is only about aesthetics but about a lot 32 00:04:13,009 --> 00:04:24,230 of different issues like socio-economical issues nowadays especially about 33 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:29,990 recycling about the materials that we use that should be non-toxic should be 34 00:04:29,990 --> 00:04:38,889 recycle recyclable yeah about this kind of thing so yeah I really loved my job 35 00:04:38,889 --> 00:04:48,529 but I realized that I my free time was what I loved the most so I decided to 36 00:04:48,529 --> 00:04:57,930 take the state exam to become a drawing teacher and so I did like one and a half 37 00:04:57,930 --> 00:05:06,430 year ago and I passed the exam so now I'm a teacher, a drawing teacher. I teach 38 00:05:06,430 --> 00:05:12,629 visual communication, technical drawing and also artistic drawing at high school 39 00:05:12,629 --> 00:05:19,949 in Caravance. So this is a little bit about my life. I only wanted to say that 40 00:05:19,949 --> 00:05:27,670 I think that I'm really rusty with my English especially with my conversation 41 00:05:27,670 --> 00:05:35,949 skills because it's been a long time since I don't speak I mean last time I 42 00:05:35,949 --> 00:05:43,629 took English classes was like seven years ago I got the TOEFL exam I thought 43 00:05:43,629 --> 00:05:52,509 I had a B2 but after that I didn't study at all so my goal now is to 44 00:05:52,509 --> 00:06:02,269 improve my communication and to express any idea that I want to express, to be able to 45 00:06:02,269 --> 00:06:09,389 express any idea that I want in English and to have the resources to do that and on the 46 00:06:09,389 --> 00:06:17,910 other hand to get the C1 title because I needed to be a bilingual teacher at high school. 47 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:24,170 So that's it, it's a little long, I'm sorry very much, thank you for listening and see 48 00:06:24,170 --> 00:06:25,170 you on Thursday. 49 00:06:25,170 --> 00:06:25,670 Bye!