Maria Subinas

Spanish Intern for Communications

 “Hola amigos! My name is Maria I come from Madrid, Spain. I studied journalism and communications. Once finished my undergraduate and following my parents advise I did a Master of  International Commerce and Marketing. After the Master I got a good job in a big international corporation, good salary, promising career, perfect life…apparently everything fit. Nevertheless I realised I wasn’t happy at all and I went back home everyday thinking that wasn’t the life that I was looking for and that I wanted to work for a company with a more ethical approach.

I’ve done voluntary work in Madrid and last year during my holidays I went to Rwanda and Uganda to see the projects that were being developed there. That experience opened my eyes. So, I decided to change the course of my life, I quitted my job, packed everything and came to Sydney.

Currently I’m doing a Masters of International Communication in Sydney. I’ve been working with OIYP for a couple of weeks, so far what I can say is that I’m really impressed with the Action Partner’s work, such young individuals involved with their communities, managing projects, facing the problems and looking for active solutions…their attitude made me think and now, more then ever, I believe that if we all work together things can change.