Group photo after the salsa workshop & having dinner at Kathleen's place

Meet the GSE team members!

My name is Emma Meurs, 27 years old and I live in Utrecht, a small city located in the centre of Holland since I started studying Communication Management. During my studies I became an active member of the Rotaract club, the Rotary youth organization in Utrecht. I have two younger sisters Annabel and Renee. My youngest sister lives with my father in Hong Kong and I try to visit them every year. In my free time I spend a lot of time playing sports. My favourite is Capoeira because its roots are in Brazil. Playing Capoeira is a great opportunity to learn more about and experience a part of the Brazilian culture. I work for a Dutch foundation which is called New Venture. New Venture stimulates and invigorates innovative entrepreneurs within the Netherlands. One of the ways is by organizing a prestigious business plan competition in which participants write their business plan in three straight forward phases. As a project manager communications, my job contains informing participants about important events throughout the competition. Also, I deliver up-to-date information to the New Venture network.

Introduction

Only one month to go and we will be on our way to Porto Alegre, the capital of the southern state Rio Grande do Sul. The Rotary district 1570 in the Netherlands organizes this exchange program to visit district 4670 in Brazil. The program means to give young professionals a chance to meet their 'colleagues' from another culture. For example, what challenges do HR professionals face in a financial environment in Brazil? Besides vocational days during which we will visit companies individually, we also have time to explore the region. Our host families will take us to various interesting and for sure beautiful places! Before we will tell you all about our adventures, first learn more about us!