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Hi there!
I am Marzena (Maz), founder of MarzenaTours/ Tour Assist Australia (ABN Number: 49 590 485 298). I have been living in Australia for 34 years. I am an Australian recreational/diversional therapist (ARTA certified member), project manager, urban and regional planner and a tour guide/tour manager accredited with English, Polish and Italian languages. I have over 30 years of experience in tourism and recreation (Australia and Europe combined). Tour Assist Australia was initially established in 2000 in Adelaide, and Marzena Tours in 2014 in Brisbane. The vision of MarzenaTours and Tour Assist Australia is to make people happy and to improve their life with recreation therapy and wellness journeys. Studies show that loneliness and social isolation cause a variety of health problems such as heart disease, depression, and cognitive decline (Ref. https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/). Our mission is to provide high quality one-on-one recreational therapy and welness tours, to combat loneliness, social isolation and fear of travel due to having nobody to travel with. Our motto is Healing through Travel and Play. My elderly patients with dementia always remembered their travel adventures and enjoyed talking about them. I have a dual citizenship (Australia and European Union), and I am fluent in English, Polish and Italian. I can also communicate in very basic Spanish, French and Russian, if necessary (including writing and reading). I have worked in various roles across Australia and can share some job searching tips, and experiences, based on my work as a former manager, project manager, urban planner, urban designer, rostering coordinator, program coordinator, English-Australian language teacher, tour and charter coordinator, business analyst, senior recreation services officer, counsellor for aboriginal youth, fitness instructor, line-dance instructor, waitress, kitchen hand, uber and shebah driver, and a recreational therapist (elderly, Autistic, persons with ADHD, Down syndrome, schizophrenia, people living with mental illness, anxiety). I am interested in ecotherapy, shinrin-yoku, animal therapy, laughter yoga, dancing, music, cooking healthy meals, travelling for health, healthy food, leisure, art, urban design, architecture, meditation, history, theatre, opera, music, property, foreign languages, robotics and AI, and the science of comedy, touch and romance. I hope, that my recreational therapy and welness tours will assist you in forgetting any traumatic and stressful experiences you may have had, and bring some laughter and joy to your life. |
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CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS: Australian Recreation Therapy Association (ARTA) Polonia - Polish Association of Queensland Inc PREVIOUS MEMBERSHIPS:
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