Jamila García, from Foz (a small town on the Spanish North West coast).
I completed a 5 year degree on Advertising and Public Relations, followed by a Masters in Protocol and Events Organisation, in Madrid.
I had always been certain that I did not want to spend my life locked in an office fulfilling other people’s dreams.
During my university years, I used to spend endless hours thinking over and over about what job could satisfy my desire to travel the world and also receive a generous salary for it (I have always aspired to have a ‘good life’).
At that point, the fearsome Spanish crisis was already lurking, and I refused to imagine my immediate future at the unemployment offices queue.
However, having great aspirations is not that easy when you come from a small town, you grew up in a middle-class family, everyone takes you for "crazy" when you talk about your aspirations in life, and you do not have enough financial resources either.
During the summers of my university years, thanks to the scholarships I received for my good grades, I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to the United Kingdom to perfect my English.
I knew that having a good English level would be very important to get a job like the one I wanted.
Although, in all honesty, I did not know the job I wanted, although, I was very clear about the job I did NOT.
During those summers, I worked as "whatever" so I could afford my hostel bedroom (shared with five other people), plus the English course. Therefore, I am perfectly aware of how living
day to day feels.
I grew up in Foz, a small fishermens town on the coast of Galicia, Spain.
A town where you feel the passion for the sea on every corner.
In addition to the sea and travel, my other great passion has always been customer service. Probably as result of belonging to a hospitality family for generations.
And so, almost as if by chance, one day, I received a phone call that would change my life ...
