Welcome, Keri from S. Africa!

We warmly welcome Keri, our next au pair to the Philadelphia and Bucks County cluster today! Keri is 24, she is a Teacher from S. Africa. Keri will live in Merion Station, PA with her lovely host family and two kids.

Keri has a lot of experience with the kids all ages, and she is very good in making arts and crafts. Look on that  picture,

Keri’s hobbies and interests are reading, video games, photography, arts and crafts. Look again how creative Keri is

Three adjective that describe Keri are optimistic, patient, determined.

Keri said that the best compliment she received was that she was able to live up the expectations.

Keri has already many friends in the cluster and two buddies Ana from Colombia and Aimee from South Africa.

Welcome Keri,  we can not wait to meet you on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 1:00 pm for the Au Pair meeting, Party, and Class on 2017 tax preparation for Au pairs and the Library tour at Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Room 5-6, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189

2013 Au Pair of the Year Award.

This year four Host  Families from the Philadelphia and NJ area are going to nominate their Au Pairs for the IAPA Au Pair of the Year Award.

Congratulations to

Sharon Lizcano Tellez, the Au Pair from Colombia,

Phila Sozombile , the Au Pair from South Africa,

Wenjie Xiang, the Au Pair from China,

Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez Menjivar, the Au Pair from El Salvador.

Wishing you Best of Luck and Victory!

The winning Au Pair will receive an all expense paid trip to attend the IAPA’s 2013 Conference, held in Rome, Italy, where they will be officially recognized and presented with a token prize and commemorative award.

Au Pair of the Year 2005 Mariela Poveda (Go Au Pair)

Last year, the Au Pair from Philadelphia Ying Song  received Go Au Pair’s exclusive Au Pair in Excellence Award.

 

Thanks so much to Host Families who submitted nominations, and congratulations to Au Pairs who were nominated in 2013.

Being nominated by your host family for the Au Pair of the Year is an honor in itself. It is great achievement you can be proud of and remember for years to come. Regardless of whether you win the official title or not, you are the best Au Pairs already. You are all winners already in the eyes of your families!

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