Ailen Ceballos

• I currently work as a proceedings' secretary in a Judicial Unit located near of Cordoba city. I was called after participating in a contest made by Cordoba's Justice Power earlier that year. My job consists of writing down the complaints or the police's procedures and carrying on the first steps of the legal proceedings.

• After many years of working in the music industry, I was stuck in the economic side. That’s why I decided to change paths, joining the Police Force's Emergency line. I worked here for 7 years. Started as a callcenter agent and my job was to take the calls, later on I was replaced as Radio operator, where my job was communicating the incoming commissions to the police officers, and last year, I worked as a Coordinator, where I was in charge of a group of 10 or 15 radio operators, and my job was to communicate to the authorities the events that occurred in a certain area.

This was an inbetween job. At the time, I had to suddenly quite my main job due to strong differences with a new boss, and I needed to work again as soon as possible. So I decided to go looking for whatever I could get and that's how I ended up as a shop attendant in a Kiosk, in charge of interaction with the clients. Later on, I started being in charge also of the supplies and the cash.

• When you start teaching in public schools, your first steps are often as a substitute teacher: I worked 3 months in a Kindergarten in 2013, then other 3 months in a primary school in 2014 and finally got a permanent job in this secondary school, where I teached music to 15 year old boys and girls.

• I worked as a singing teacher, providing individual and group lessons. My job consisted in training the students vocally, picking and teaching them songs and preparing them for auditions.

• I had the privilege to inaugurate the municipal choir of this beautiful town and worked as a choirmaster until I left. My job was to prepare them vocally, choice the songs, teach them the songs and arrange concerts.

• I was called to work as a vocal tutor for the members of the choir, since it was a vocational and not a professional group. My activities included being present during rehearsals, training them vocally, correcting them, and taking individual time with each one of them.

• I coordinated a singing workshop for children, teaching them traditional folklore songs and dances.

• In the summer, I worked as a waitress in a bar in Santiago del Estero. Since they were short of staff, I learnt to do other needed activities, such as kitchen aid, steward and delivery in nearby places.

• I ran a workshop to help the residents improve their state of mind through musical therapy. This was part of a larger therapy project coordinated by my mother, who was the therapist of the facility. She summoned me time to time, and my job consisted in choosing songs to try to make the residents connect with the music through listening and through singing.

• After graduating from high school, and as I studied in university, I offered tutoring in English language for kids in school age, and music lessons (singing and guitar playing) for people of all ages.

This was my first job experience ever. It was only one summer, in which my grandmother decided to place a little ice cream shop at the house to gain some extra money, and we all had to help!