Jun 17, 2009 22:15
Katerina is a 24 year old Infant Care qualified Au Pair from Kazakhstan who speaks Russian, English and French. She is currently in Los Angeles and is looking for a host family to complete her Au pair program with. Katarina comes highly recommended from her local coordinator. Here is a bit more information about Katarina:
- Katerina is a qualified English and French teacher who has 370 hours of verified infant care experience and 576 hours of verified childcare experience working as a tutor. She has also been working with a one year old for the past six months.
- She received her driver's license in May 2006 and was practicing daily before she left Kazakhstan. Her host family did not require her to drive in the U.S.A so she has not been driving regularly, but has driven her friends cars a few time in the L.A area.
- Katerina has been studying English for ten years and is qualified to teach English in Kazakhstan. Her English can be rated as upper intermediate to advanced.
- She enjoys sports, cooking healthy meals, reading historical and psychological books, listening to music and traveling.
- Some of her many interests include: Dancing, Sports ( volleyball, basketball, running, swimming), Studying languages ( Kazakh, French, English, German).
Katarina is a participant in Cultural Homestay International's Au Pair exchange program, which brings Au Pairs from around the world to spend one year living with an American family. While here, the Au Pairs share their culture and language with their host family while also getting the chance to learn about American culture and the English language. In addition, the Au Pairs are able to provide up to 45 hours of childcare a week and up to 10 hours of childcare a day. The cost of hosting an in country Au Pair such as Katarina is quite affordable at approximately 300 dollars a week, per family, not per child.
Katerina is available to meet with any interested families in the Los Angeles area. If you would like to learn more about Katarina please call Sandra Haglund at (805) 498-2524.
We have had two au pairs in 4 years and are about to start with our third. I highly recommend the experience!