If you come to our Prague office you will see the smiling face of “Ivča” alias our new Expat & Immigration Consultant Ivana Beňová. Discover who she is, what she loves to do, what she studied or what her motivations, dreams, and goals are!
Ivča, you work freshly as an Expat & Immigration consultant. Why did you decide to apply for this position?
This opportunity came to me nicely. I started to be interested in that kind of job because I am always looking for dialog among the cultures, the people, and of course, a strong feature of the contemporary society that everywhere you can meet every people from all corners of the world, a lot of foreigners. The world is very open now. I like to welcome people. Even more than before, I am very interested what kind of struggle people have during their integration in my country (Czechia) and I wanted to know how it is actually regarding the administration. So, it seems to me like a very good experience.
What did you study?
I’ve studied Political Sciences & History and Culture of the Middle East. I haven’t finished and I am about to continue with Political Science and Arabic language.
You have just started your job. What are your expectations?
I expect I will learn about the process of integration in the Czech Republic and Europe and I will get inspired by the company’s vision. I will meet many interesting people and this work will also help me to make my personal little or bigger vision much more possible.
What are your hobbies?
I have many hobbies, such as yoga and tango. I have my degree of yoga so I can teach but now tango is my life. I discovered this dance in Paris and now I can’t live without it. It’s a part of me. I love the rhythm and all the values of this dance.
Do you have experience of living abroad?
Yes, I was in Paris for 6 months where I learnt tango. I will go to Argentina as well to learn tango in Buenos Aires. I really love this country and I have many friends there.
Have you ever been thinking about relocation to a different country?
My home is here, in the Czech Republic. I come from here and feel the roots very strongly. But yes, the first year in Argentina I actually started to think about Argentina as a possible home for my family if the situation gets worse in Europe. And the second time there I was thinking about my life there which seems to be much more practicable. But most of my travels were with a purpose, tango for example.
What’s your favorite place in the world?
The Czech Republic, of course, it’s my homeland. I really love my country with conditions it has.
Do you have your traveling plan for this year?
Yes, I want to go to Argentina in winter or maybe in October for my tango classes. I will go to Paris for an event and of course tango and to Berlin as well I hope. I would love to go to Morocco and Israel because I studied the history of this areas so I love this type of country and another reason is that Israel has interesting things in terms of tango.
