Hello! My name is Katsiaryna, I am 18 years old, and I am currently studying at a university in Philadelphia. However, due to financial difficulties, I plan to take a break from my studies and would love the opportunity to live with a family while helping them. That is why I am very interested in this program.

I love working with children, easily connect with them, and have experience caring for them. I also have personal experience taking care of an elderly person, as I helped my great-grandmother. Additionally, my mother is a speech therapist who works with children with disabilities and speech delays, so I have been around such children since childhood and can even apply some of my mother’s experience.

I want to become an Au Pair and help people because caring for others is important to me. I am responsible, patient, and easily adapt to new environments. I believe that a family that chooses me will gain a reliable and kind helper.

A family should choose me as a candidate because, despite being from Belarus and spending 18 years there, I have already been living in the U.S. for over six months. I have experience studying in English, adapting to life here, and building my surroundings, which means I already know what to expect. Unlike many other Au Pair participants, I have firsthand experience of both living in my home country and in the U.S., making me more adaptable and prepared. As an international student, I have faced and overcome challenges, which has made me a stronger and more unique candidate for this position.