Costa Rica

Staff Feature Lucía Fernández Castro

A Q&A with Lucía Fernández Castro on music, mountains, and meaningful work.

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November 16, 2022

Name & Title: Lucía Fernández Castro, Program Manager Costa Rica

Hometown: San José, Costa Rica

Years at Offbeat Travel: Since March, 2022

What do you like to do in your free time?

Play music, do exercise. Hacer música y hacer ejericio

What is your favorite spot to travel to in your home country? ¿Lugar favorito para viajar en su país?

Monteverde

What is your favorite international destination?

South América .Suramérica

What is the favorite aspect of your job at Offbeat Travel?

The work environment, the flexibility, having a clear objective and a reason for each task to be carried out.

El ambiente laboral, la flexibilidad, el tener un objetivo claro y una razón de cada tarea a desarrollar.

What sets Offbeat Travel apart from other places you have worked?

That it allows me to put a little of who I am and what I think in each task. It gives us freedom to create. Apart from flexibility, the good relationships with our colleagues and the horizontality.

Que me permite poner un poco de lo que soy y pienso en cada tarea. Nos da libertad de creatividad. Aparte de la flexibilidad, la buena relación con los compañeros, la horizontalidad.

What do you like the most about working with students and teachers? ¿Qué es lo que más te gusta de trabajar con estudiantes y profesores?

That we can be a channel to generate new and significant experiences in young people. Young people who come with new ways of seeing the world and enormous potential to transform it.

Que podemos ser un canal para generar nuevas y significativas experiencias en personas jóvenes que ya de paso vienen con nuevos paradigmas y un potencial enorme para ''comerse el mundo''.

Why is travel important to every education?

It is important because of the opportunity it presents us to expand our knowledge and ways of thinking. An opportunity to learn more about yourself.

Por la oportunidad que nos presenta a las personas de expandir nuestros conocimientos, formas de pensar. Una oportunidad para conocer más de una misma.

What is your favorite aspect of your culture to expose travelers to?

Costa Rica is an open and warm culture, where visitors can feel welcome, talk to each other and immerse themselves in the daily life of each region.

Que es una cultura abierta y cálida, en donde las personas visitantes pueden sentirse bienvenidas, conversar y adentrarse en las cotidianidades de cada región.

What does decolonizing travel mean to you? ¿Cuál es su definición para "Decolonizing Travel''?Decolonizing travel means to be conscious of the importance of each part involved in tourism. Because, without any of these parts the results would not be the same. Regardless of the role they play, the relevance remains the same, they contribute to the same goal. Here is where the term ''decolonizing travel'' applies to me, because from the moment of planning to the use or distribution of the resources, we should take into consideration the needs and interest of all parties involved in the touristic activity.

Para mi significa tomar conciencia de la importancia que tiene cada parte involucrada en el turismo, ya que sin alguna de esas partes, el resultado no sería el mismo. Sin importar el rol que cumplan, la relevancia sigue siendo la misma, aportan al mismo fin. Es acá donde para mi aplica el término de ''decolonizing travel'' porque desde la planificación hasta la utilización y distribución de los recursos, debería tomar en cuenta las necesidades e intereses de todas las partes involucradas.

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