Francisca

Magano
Address Contacts Birth Date Stradone Scipione Maffei, 8, Verona, Italy 00351 916 516 013 | franciscafmagano@gmail.com 08th of March, 1988

Work Experience

Jul 11 Set 11 Out 10 Jun 11 Escolhas em Movimento Curricular Internship Centro Studi Opera Don Calabria Erasmus Placement Social work with unaccompanied foreign minors at National First Reception Service; research on European projects, namely, ITACA - Interaction of different subjects towards a strategic common answer concerning juvenile gangs, Drug Prevention and Information - Juvenile Drug Use, Tertiary Prevention. Istituto Don Calabria, Comunit San Benedetto, Verona, Italy

Developed and implemented a citizenship education programme for primary schools (human rights and peace education for children from 6 to 9 years); developed a personal and social skills evaluation (youth from 12 to 18 years), help and organized cultural activities. Instituto Profissional do Tero (Fosters home), Porto, Portugal

Academic Experience
Set 09 Jun 11 Set 06 Jun 09 Master in Psychology of Justice and Deviant Behaviour Dissertation Project Theme: Peace and Post ConflictReconciliation in contemporary cinema Merit scholarship for being the student with the highest grades Final Grade of the Curricular internship - 20 out of 20 Faculty of Education and Psychology, Catholic University of Portugal, Porto Bachelor in Psychology Final Grade 16 out of 20 Merit scholarship for being in the top 3 of the students with the highest grades (1st year) Faculty of Education and Psychology, Catholic University of Portugal, Porto

International Training
Mar 11 Training Course Inclusion of Minority Youth a tool to combat poverty and social exclusion Workshops, role-plays and informative sessions about migration (e.g. asylum seekers and refugees), minorities in Europe and intervention programmes. Youth in Action, Stip, Macednia

 Jul 09 Ag 09 Intercultural Program Shared memory for conflict working through Work for the local community; sessions and workshops about conflicts and memories issues CISV (Children International Summer Village), Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Volunteering
May 09 Jul 08 Set 08 GASfrica Jul 07 Set 07 Nov 07 Jun 08 Colgio dos rfos Porto, Portugal Fosters home for youth at risk; Development study skills; study support; personal development and prevention deviant behaviour activities (children and youth from 6 to 16 years). Lubango, Angola Tudo sobre Rodas Academic festival, Porto, Portugal Reducing the risks and harms associated with recreational drugs; Drug information (effects and main risks); alert for sexual risk behaviours.

Humanitarian Mission - Psychosocial support in hospitals, including in AIDS support group; training educators; promotion of social and personal skills in street children and youth (5 to 16 years); activities with old people. Member of the Board of Directors of GASAfrica em 2008

Languages

Portuguese English* Italian** Spanish Oral Native Good Good Medium Written Native Good Medium Medium Comprehension Native Excellent Good Good

* 6.5 on IELTS exam (Feb 2011); ** Currently leaving in Italy

Software

Expert user of MS Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint), Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.

Hobbies and Interests

Classic ballet and contemporary dance; reading; writing and art (museums, blogs)

Appendix
Recommendation Letter from Lurdes Verssimo (PhD), Lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, Catholic University of Portugal and Carla Fernandes (MA), Projects Manager at Escolhas em Movimento (Porto, Portugal).