Education:
- Research Master of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
- Bachelor of Lithuanian Philology and Italian Language (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
- Erasmus+ student exchange programme (University of Bologna, Italy)
Experience
- 8 years of experience in second (foreign) language teaching
- Medical Communication Research (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
- Immigrant and refugee language policies (NGO, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Communications management (startup accelerator, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
- Internship at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Italy: analytical journalism and international relations (Rome, Italy)
Motivation
I am a linguist: I have always been fascinated by the interaction among different cultures, languages and society groups. Seeking to witness it daily, I would find myself in a different cultural environment by changing countries I was living in. I was seeking to fit in both in Italy and the Netherlands. Simultaneously, I would enjoy analyzing in which ways my mentality was different than the local one.
I see “Kurk Lietuvai” as a unique opportunity to return to my identity. At the same time, I realize how many new shades my identity has acquired after experiences outside Lithuania. Lithuania is full of cultural and social diversity: I hope that my projects in the public sector will show how our country can celebrate this diversity.
