Anastasia is from Belarus and she is now studying International Business at JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä.
How long have you been in AIESEC? Why did you make the decision to join this organization? Does it live up to the expectation you had before you joined?
It turned
out to be more than what I had expected, especially after I joined the Incoming
Exchange (ICX) team. In this team my work is more related to business. I got
the chance to work with companies and know more about how business works in
this country.
Also what
amazed me about AIESEC is the kind of culture and environment if has created.
It is friendly to everyone who comes here. The friendly attitude I get from
others makes me enjoy working here. In AIESEC I could easily find people with
the same mindset and it is easy for us to think in the same direction.
Could you please share with me some
of the most impressive experience and most unforgettable moments you had with
AIESEC?
The first
great moment that comes to my mind is the ACCESS meeting in 2012, and I was the
OCP for that meeting. That was incredible experience that I could never forget.
Although I had been in the OC team for other conferences before that, it is
different to be the leader. By being the leader you could learn much more about
how to organize an event and work with the team. The conference was just like a
baby of mine. I know it cannot be perfect but I just love it when I tried my
best.
Another
experience I remember so clearly is at the beginning of my work in the ICX
team, when I made my first phone call to a company. I was so nervous at that time. I stood in the corridor and
did not want anybody to hear it. But now I am already the team leader and I can
even give training to others. It is so exciting to see the change I had within this short period of time.
What do you think are the few most
important, but also interesting factors that make you who you are?
First, as
those who know me would always say, I talk and smile a lot. I am quite
open-minded and communicative, so I love talking with people. And smiling can
always make me happy.
Then, I am
only 18 years old and I am the youngest in our AIESEC local community.
I am the
bigger sister in my family. I have a younger brother and a younger sister. I
learned to take care of them since I was young and I am almost the ‘second mom’
for them.
Finally, I
love swimming, and I have been doing synchronized swimming for ten years.
It seems the one and half years you
had in Finland is quite successful. What is your plan in the near future?
Yes it is
successful experience, and enjoyable as well. This autumn I will go to Mexico
as an exchange student.
Why Mexico? Does anything particular
about that country that attracts you a lot?
Well, the
main reason for me to go there is that I want to try something different. As
you know, I am from Belarus. There is quite a lot of difference there compared
to Finland, like the culture, the behavior of people and so on, although these
two countries are not far from each other. Mexico is much further away and
there is much more difference as far as I know. For example people there are so
talkative; they do things very fast; the weather is never so cold, and there is
amazing food! Such differences are exactly what I would like to experience in
my life. I was born to try!
