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My name is Larissa van Biljouw and I am 23 years old.

I am an International Business and Languages student at the Hogeschool Rotterdam. I am passionate about languages, different cultures and Bartending.

Currently I am studying the languages English, French, Spanish, German and I followed two language electives; Mandarin Chinese and Italian. All my language teacher assessed my language skills with a sufficient grade.

At the Hogeschool, I followed a course Cross Cultural Management. I really like the different aspects of other cultures. It changes your point of view about other people. It taught me to be more vulnerable and open-minded. I received an 8 for the course and currently I feel more relaxed when I contact people from another culture.

Going out is a very important aspect of my life. I am working my whole life in hospitality companies and last summer I wanted to improve my bartending skills. I followed a Bartending course in Barcelona for 4 weeks. I learned how to flair, poor, mixing drinks and a lot of new cocktail recipes. I completed the course with 91%, it was a great experience and the second highest grade of all the participants.