Culture Capsule Project Team
If you have any general questions about culture capsule, please contact the project team at contact@culturecapsule.org.
Elvira Pértega, External Affairs Officer - Europe (Spain, AU8)
Elvira Pértega is a nurse specialised in Mental Health from Madrid, Spain. She finished her 3rd year of Nursing in Stockholm, and that experience in Sweden moved her, so since then she became very keen to learn other cultures. That was the reason why she studied Social Anthropology and started getting involved in intercultural events and internships. She is also very interested in arts and humanities, especially in music, as she studies Viola and Percussion in the Professional Conservatory in Madrid. Thanks to her profitable experiences with people from different backgrounds and cultures, she realized how much it contributes to personal growth and mutual understanding. She strongly believes the culture capsule project is an excellent opportunity for all those children to get to know they have much more similarities with fellows from different countries than differences. Elvira is responsible for contacts with schools, teachers and local culture capsule team members in Europe. You can contact her at elvira@culturecapsule.org.
Kathy Kyunghoo Lee, External Affairs Officer - Asia (Korea, AU13)
Kathy is from and living in Seoul, Korea. She graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in law and also did a 1-year exchange program at the National University of Singapore. Since 2006, she's been working in performing arts, working as a volunteer translator and an intern in performing arts festivals. She's now working as a freelance translator in musical or play rehearsals. Language, art and culture have always been her biggest interests, and she enjoys travelling and meeting new people. She wants to contribute to promote cultural awareness and exchanges in the future. She really looks forward to be a part of the Culture Capsule project which is a great project to link many young students in Asia and Europe and foster mutual cultural understanding. Kathy is responsible for contacts with schools, teachers and local culture capsule team members in Asia. You can contact her at kathy@culturecapsule.org.
Ilze Millere, EXCO Coordinator and Internal Affairs (Latvia, AU15)
You can contact Ilze at ilze@culturecapsule.org.
Katinka Esser, IT Officer (Germany, AU15)
Katinka is a lawyer from Hamburg, Germany. She is currently doing a practical lawyers training course at the city of Hamburg with a focus on international law and relations. Additionally to her German degree Katinka has a Certificate of Higher Education in Common Law from the University of East Anglia, England. She is a Berlin native and has spent a lot of time abroad during internships and studies including Canada, the U.S.A., England, Belgium, Austria and France. She discovered her passion for Asia during a trip to Japan in 2005, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Through her experiences she is a strong believer in people to people exchange as a mechanism for fostering mutual understanding, tolerance and friendship amoung the nations. She enjoys traveling and cultural events. You can contact Katinka at katinka@culturecapsule.org.