My zigzagging career path has taken me via France, Japan, sushi and marketing, and has made me a truly self-reliant individual.

Integrating Japanese sushi cooking and integrating midwives and nurses from southern Europe isn’t as different as you might think.

I’ve definitely achieved my professional objective of being able to work in a happy, team-focused, not-too-German working environment.

I more or less fell into this start-up by accident and was hooked right off the bat.

I grew up bilingual as I had a Cuban mother and German father, and I’m well aware of the issues related to integration.
I travelled the world in my 19 years as an air hostess, and I didn’t just have to deal with minor problems.

During this time, I proved I had a real knack for people of all nations and mentalities, and was able to train and develop them.
I’m involved in all on-boarding processes, and look after third-party nationals in particular.

I’m from Lecce in Puglia, and have been in Germany for 6 years.

I can still vividly remember how I felt here in the first few months, so I can use my Italian passion and empathy to advise people who are having second thoughts about their decision to move here.

I mainly deal with initiating Italian partnerships and looking after Italians who have just arrived in the country.

As Portuguese I am very glad to be part of this international team and to help my compatriots.

When I arrived in Germany and had to find my way, I had no idea how useful it would be to go through that. By combining this experience with my passion and expertise, a new job has emerged at Holalemania.

My journey in Germany began in 2007 and has led me through many areas of working life over the last 15 years. Today the puzzle is completed and I am proud to be a guide, together with Holalemania, for our Albanian applicants on their way to and in Germany.

My roots are in the world of marketing and public relations. Living and working abroad (USA, England and Spain), besides languages, has presented me with great challenges and broadened my horizons on many levels. Spontaneity and improvisation were always in the. focus.

After 18 years in Barcelona Spain has become my second home, inspired by the southern joie de vivre and the positive energy to live life. My periods of life abroad, have made me a very open person, with a lot of empathy and sensitivity for those who do similar things.

This is exactly what I would like to pass on. I am looking forward to putting this into practice in the cheerful, multicultural Holalemania team and driving new projects forward.

I was born and grew up in the Ruhr, and came back after a few years in the Rhineland. I’m passionate about Italy and Italian cooking. I previously worked as a sales assistant in an Italian company, so now I’m even more pleased to be having lots of contact with Italy again.

I’ve been living abroad since 2008: Hamburg, Boston (USA), England and now Frankfurt. I know very well what “moving” means: a mix of stress and euphoria, bureaucracy and moving boxes, tears and adrenalin.

Over the past years I’ve often found myself helping my fellow countrymen on social networks, answering their questions or concerns about their possible move. Now this has become my job at Holalemania!

Thanks to my degree in Intercultural Conflict Management and moving to Berlin, when German was only Greek to her, I know exactly what it means to start a new life abroad. I particularly understand the feeling of being alone, so I love working with Holalemania, being able to provide companionship and support to ‘my’ midwives.

Alongside my work with Holalemania, I am a freelance language teacher and founder of ‘Speaktravelitalian’, my online school.

My most important companions in life are patience and understanding towards my fellow human beings. However, sometimes things aren’t as easy as we’d like them to be: My baby teaches me every day that everything doesn’t always go to plan!

I live in the Stuttgart area but am East German at heart. Through my years abroad in New Zealand and Georgia I have made the experience that a new start in another country can be very exciting on the one hand but also very intimidating on the other. For this reason, I would like to support people in arriving in Germany and feeling comfortable.