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Curriculum vitae


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Silvia “Neré” Pezzato

they/them

My passion for intercultural communication led me to travel a lot, to develop a strong adaptability and to train critical thinking. My commitment for human rights and sustainability resulted in social studies and in the deepening of topics like alternative economies and community building. In my lifetime I explored various art forms, like writing, music, photography and theatre, with a particular attention to their social function. Beside various jobs in the sphere of education, I tried other professions as for example bartender, translator and customer support. Altogether, this has made me a conscious, creative and versatile person, full of interests and resources.


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Language

Silvia Pezzato Photography

Italian

Native

English

Full Professional Proficiency

Czech

Full Professional Proficiency
8 years studying and working in Czech Republic

Russian

Full Working Proficiency
1 year in Russia – A.F.S. Intercultural programme
A little polyglot


Good understanding of Slovak, German, Danish, Spanish and French

CEDILS certification as a teacher of Italian language to foreigners

For 6 years I have taught privately, in language schools and at the Faculty of Economics and Aministration of Masaryk University, to individuals and groups of different nationality, age and level, as well as to a 8-years-old student with Asperger syndrome.

Tutor to people with special needs

In different situations I have been a tutor to people with disability.

In particular, as an employee at Ca’ Foscari University I have supported students with motor, visual or communication disorders in the management of their school day, as for example moving from a place to another and retrieving notes, or preparing didactic materials and other office functions.

Translating and interpreting

Since 2010 I have worked with different types of clients and companies.

Employment

Various are the roles I enganged in…

baby sitter


healthy food shop’s cashier
speaker
educator
bartender
nature’s caretaker

…and I especially loved outdoor activities as manual nature protection and assisting teachers in a forest kindergarten.

I also liked training my voice to record advertisements and museum’s guiding content

as well as bartendering at the centre of the thriving culture of the city in Brno

and in Copenhagen, where I have also been employed as a fundraiser at Amnesty International.

I TRIED TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

volunteering

as a campaign leader, a founder and a manager of collectives, as a tutor to international students, a farmer and simply as an activist.

For years I volunteered for

HUMAN RIGHTS

as a coordinator of groups and activities, participating to regional and national meetings of Amnesty International, helping refugees and supporting the Palestinian people, and recovering abandoned places for cultural use


INTERCULTURALITY

as a tutor for students and a coordinator of activities, as well as raising awareness in schools and supporting immigrated women



ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

promoting the use of the bike, retrieving and redistributing leftovers from restaurants, leading informational campaigns and participating to international meetings and activities, as well as founding a group of Transition town in Brno

ORGANIC FARMING

on the lands of family-owned farms cultivated by the principles of permaculture, biodynamics and other methods


In the last 15 years I took part to workshops, projects and courses as

a Permaculture Design Course

certified by the Centre “L’Asino e la Luna” in coop. with the Italian Academy of Permaculture


a community building lab

2 workshops, 1 hackathon, 1 barcamp, 1 conference

an Erasmus+ project

“Conflict: crisis or opportunity?” exploring the tools of the Theatre of the oppressed, Gestalt psychology and non-violent communication


I organized workshops on my own, as well as concerts, assemblies and other cultural and creative events

for example with the

I have been part of the artistic performative collective of the Agronauts

I am actually working at a project of participative democracy to promote the participative budget in the city of Paternò (Catania)

and I am attending a Masterclass to become a Professional facilitator

I practice mindfulness

Take a breath


Photos are the moment I take to cherish life and remember…


…and at the end of my studies I went for a walk to Santiago, through the camino del norte, to take some moments.

More than 600 kilometers on foot


in 28 days

Education

took me far away too

MA in Environmental Humanities

Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Rep.

Courses mostly in Czech language

Focus on Environmental Psychology

BA in Languages and Cultures

Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy

Russian and Czech

Specialization in International politics

Diploma thesis: “Zuzana Brabcová and the theme of homosexuality in her work”

and in the year 2021 I finally wrote and realized a project of

Master thesis

Active hope in a student support group. An action research to cope with environmental distress.

Participatory Action Research
  • Coding and grounded theory
  • Questionaries and interviews
  • Meetings in person and on-line
  • Analysis of participants’ voices
  • Changes in praxis, strategy and perception
Human-centered design

Inspiration

Ideation

Implementation

Facilitation


This is me and my skills

Adaptability

and self-motivation


Presentation, communication, emotional intelligence

Planning, organization, management,

attention to detail

and problem-solving

Teamwork

and facilitation

Contact me for any fair collaboration


E-mail

silvia.pez@live.it


Telegram

@neresilvia