The right to be wild

Esta es el ssaludo y foto de Simon, el que será uno de los profesores de Inglés:

Hello there,

I am Simon, Marketing Manager and English teacher at The Right to be wild.

Always having been interested in philosophy and nature, I started out studying Bioscience at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where I specialized in Neuroscience and spent time researching the formation of synapses in the central nervous system.

To gain versatility, I then followed up with a Master’s in Business Administration at the Universities in Jena, Germany and Córdoba, Spain.

After finishing my studies, I moved to Barcelona where I more or less by accident ended up as Business Developer for Twitter. In this job, I talked to many for-profit and non-profit businesses around the world and helped them to optimize their marketing campaigns on Twitter. Still essentially being a scientist, this abundance of real world cases gave me an interesting outlook on the diversity of organizations and businesses and the possibilities of Social Media.

Combining my somewhat unusual double-qualification of Bioscience and Business, I then made a pivot and worked as a travelling microbiology consultant and sales representative for a German biotech company. In this capacity, I regularly travelled to microbiological laboratories of breweries and food producers in Portugal, Spain, Malta, Cyprus, Greece and Italy in order to keep food and beverages healthy and free of dangerous contaminants.

On the sideline, I always worked as a translator for several smaller projects of all sizes and industries, which jumpstarted a first appetite for freelance-based work.

Although the job as biotech consultant and sales rep enabled me to live out my greatest passion, which is travelling, it did not satisfy my strong sense of idealism. Being a small gear wheel in a giant company did not really fulfil me, as it did not give me the feeling of “making a change”.

Therefore, I quit a well-paying job and decided to try myself as a freelancing Social Media Consultant for selected start-ups while living a complete Digital Nomad lifestyle. I was able to hone my Social Media Marketing skills while exploring many different places and cultures. In total, I ended up being in 9 different countries within one year – and never before have I made so many interesting new contacts. One of these people was Luna, whom I met in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

As it always is in life, our ways eventually parted – but we kept in touch and she soon told me about her encounter with the Karen. As I have all my life been fascinated by ancient cultures and their deep connection with spirituality and nature, her idea of helping these people, while at the same time preserving their innate ways and culture, resonated strongly with me. So I jumped on board.

I think this project has the potential to make a huge impact in helping the Karen better their difficult situation by raising awarenesswithout destroying their culture and by giving them the tools to empower themselves.