AFRICA

Expat Story: From Quebec to Manila, Philippines
Eugénie Pettigrew-Leydier, is originally from Québec, Canada. She is an educational therapist, or orthopédagogue, and the founder of Aideor, a company providing “téléorthopédagogie” services to support students with learning challenges through online methods. Tell us about yourself My work allows me to collaborate with a talented team across Quebec and France, and together we support ...
Expat Story: From California to Zurich, Switzerland
Alysha Walker is originally from Southern California, where she was born and raised until she moved to Switzerland in June of 2021. She has been a hairstylist for 15 years. She speaks English, a bit of German, Spanish, and is learning Italian. Tell us about yourself All 4 of my grandparents are from outside the ...
Expat Story: From Germany to Quito, Ecuador
Anica is from Berlin, Germany and got a PhD in metabolic medicine after studying nutritional science. For around 10 years she worked in the field of diabetes until she decided that it was time for a change and started teaching biology in English at an Ecuadorian online school, which she still does. Tell us about ...
Expat Story: From England to Vancouver
tell us ABOUT yourself My name is Nicole, I’m originally from England, that’s where I grew up and went to University for Aerospace Engineering. I always knew I wanted to live overseas though and not wanting to work in engineering, I decided to move away to Australia for a year to enjoy something completely different, ...
Expat Story: From France to West Bloomfield, Michigan
ABOUT Marie is a French woman originally from Brittany, France. She speaks French and English fluently. She also knows a little Spanish and German. She is a life & health coach as well as a SAJECE® hypnosis practitioner. She has done a career switch during Covid and couldn’t be happier with this decision. She finds ...
Expat Story: From the US to Mauritania, Africa
Tell us about yourself I’m Victoria, a 33 years old Black woman from the United States. I’m originally from NY but have spent significant time in FL and DC as well. I am only fluent in English but I would currently consider Spanish my second strongest language. I have lived in a lot of places ...
Expat Story: From Brazil to Eindhoven
ABOUT Gabi is from Porto Alegre in the south of Brazil. She is a personal development and career mentor for expat women and she speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish and Dutch. (Gabi’s LinkedIn here and her IG here. Moving to Eindhoven Why did you move to Eindhoven? I moved to Eindhoven in January 2010 because of ...
Expat Story: From Southern France to Montreal
ABOUT Leila is from France. She is a communication manager / social media manager. She speaks French, English and Italian. She lived in London for 2 years after high school and traveled across a few countries. Moving to montreal When and why did you move to Montreal? I moved to Montreal in July 2022 by ...
Expat Story: From Ohio to Kinshasa, DRC
ABOUT Congo Fashion Week Sondra was born and raised in Ohio, went to a university to study Public Relations and French, and graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business & Organizational Communications. Then she completed the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) after she graduated university. She learned French in school but the TAPIF program really ...
Expat Story: From Germany to Kyoto
ABOUT Tanja Schneider also goes as Sayu, Sayuri, or Tan-chan for her friends in Japan and also back in Germany. This Nickname was given to her by her friends in Germany because they thought the meaning of the name suited her. And it’s stuck with her since then. It is written 佐祐理 and describes a ...
Expat Story: From the US to Amsterdam
Tell us about yourself My dad is Dutch, my mom is Colombian, they met in the US but they had me and my brothers in the south of the Netherlands. I lived there until I was 9, and then we moved to Columbus, Ohio. This was for my dad’s work, and I really enjoyed living ...
Expat Story: From Nebraska to Medellín, Colombia
ABOUT Lauren was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. Spanish was always her language of study, and she always loved learning about Latin culture and enjoyed slowly improving in the language. Tell us about yourself My journey into becoming a “Gringa Latina” began with an immersion trip to the DR when I was 17. I ...