Rare Girls

Niky is a Fintech entrepreneur, Founder of "IProjectReal" - a brand to inspire others to become the best version of themselves by leveraging their natural talents and being authentic. With her transformation program she become an MMA practitioner after one year, lost 30 kilograms and reinvented herself. Instagram: @iprojectreal

Panashe Gumbanjera  lives in Harare, Zimbabwe. She is a bachelor in tourism and hospitality graduate. She is also a floral designer in-the-making. She loves to create designs and music, swimming, and reading. Instagram: @one_king_nashy

Moureen Richard  is currently living in Turkey and studying Business Administration. Originally from Tanzania, Moureen enjoys modeling, she loves swimming and trying new restaurants. Most of all, Movies are her greatest company. Instagram: @_ms.richards_

Maria Kova is a full time artist living in Dubai, UAE. She grew up in Russia and at age 24 moved to South East Asia, mostly Bali, in search of her own new identity and exciting future. Never looked back since then, travelled around the world and for the past 6 years living and thriving in Dubai. Maria always thought of herself as an artist and she loved painting since as far as she could remember....

Maria José García Vélez is from Medellín, Colombia and she is 33 years old. She studied industrial design but never practiced it. Maria José is an actress in progress, it is one of her dreams and passions. On the meantime, she works as an interpreter, she has an alfajores business and she is a sexuality researcher. She really enjoys dance and to train kickboxing. She strongly believes that the mos...

Alyona Stremetskaya  is from Ukraine, she studied journalism, and used to work in hospitality and customer service in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Her passion is restaurants and trying food from different countries. Her hobbies include reading, studying different languages and playing sports. Instagram: @aliona_stremetskaya

Rovatiana Diane Rabarijaona  is the first girl from Madagascar in this Podcast, she is currently living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Diane studied international hospitality Management and she is currently in the Human Resources department. Diane loves nature, working out and drawing. Instagram: @dianerabarij

Valeriia Nabeeva is a 27 years old girl from Kyrgyzstan, who works as an Information Technology Project Manager in an American IT company and she is very passionate about it. Valeriia loves traveling, playing tennis, skiing, and reading books. Piano is her meditation, not only her hobby. She is married and trying to keep balance in all fields of her life. Instagram: @valeriia_nab

Wadzanai Gute is the first girl from Zimbabwe in this podcast, and is a second year Software Engineering student at the University of Wollongong Malaysia campus and she likes to spend her time in every possible way with friends and family. Instagram: @_.wadzanai._

Jackline Suleman Chambo is a 25 years old living in Arusha Tanzania. Jackline is the last child out of 5 amazing women. She completed her bachelor degree in Pharmacy last year (2022) at Jinzhou medical university in China. And she is now doing her internship at Mount Meru Hospital. Other than health care, her hobbies are crocheting, music, reading, journaling and meditating. Jackline has a great i...

Natalia Marrugo is the first Colombian woman in the RareGirls Podcast. Originally from Cartagena, Colombia, she recently embarked on a new chapter in her life by relocating to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This decision was driven by her strong desire to expand her professional horizons and enhance her English communication skills. Nati is the creator and creative director of Koló, a company that a...

Anvita Bhargava is an Italian & Indian virologist, living and working in Paris, France. Apart from being a scientist, she is also a rocker, a pole dancer and occasionally a poet. Instagram: @rock_n_pole_diaries

Maria Cheremnykh  was born in Belarus and currently lives in the South Coast of Turkey and is building her life there. Maria is an experienced Marketing leader, who’s passionate about developing new ways to engage customers with the products. Always've been drawn to create, Maria is gathering experiences and working to start her own business. Instagram: @m.cheremn

Pauline Pirotte is a 20 years old French Girl living in Barcelona and studying International Relations. Pauline has lived all her life abroad: Born in Tunisia; And lived in Guadeloupe, Mauritius Island, Bali, Corsica, the United States, and now she is living in Spain. She loves to travel, going to museums, playing beach volleyball, listening to music, journaling, spending time with her loved ones,...

Mileidy Martell is from Cuba, she studied computer science and was a model, and now lives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Her favorite hobby is dancing Salsa and Bachata and many other dance styles, going to the movie and learning languages. Instagram: @milymm88

Kateryna Kostiuchenko is a dance instructor with more than 14 years experience. Originally, she is from Ukraine, but nowadays she lives in Riga, Latvia. In addition to being a teacher and dancer, Kate has a master degree in chemistry. She never worked as a chemist, but she is very grateful for this experience Kate is in love with music, playing the piano a bit, she is interested in philosophy and...

Ligita Kalašnykaitė is an international, Baltic lawyer, one of few Lithuanian girls participating in this Podcast. She graduated Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV & Mykolas Romeris University EU Law and Governance master studies. She has been awarded as the most accurate employee in her job as well by the Gift of Remembrance of Lithuanian Police for her job tasks. She has been aligning her pr...

Zeynab Garayeva  was born in Azerbaijan, she has a Bachelor education is English Philology and then Business Administration at Geneva Business School. Zeynab regularly visits for work to all middle east countries, she is based in Dubai. She is a hotelier and tourism manager. She has sales and marketing, business development and event manager experience in the luxury hotels and travel agencies. She...

Veniz Angeles is a goal setter type of person, she appreciates everything in life. She is from the Philippines and currently working in Dubai, UAE for 5 years. Veniz loves to travel and loves outdoor activities. She really appreciates arts and is very much into coffee. Instagram: @venizangeles

Emma Saci is a 20 years old living in Paris, studying cinema in a film school. Emma lived most of her life in Barcelona, Spain. She also lived in South Africa when she was 15: She went there on her own. Emma loves to travel, she needs to escape a lot because she needs to feel free. Emma is a photographer and clipmaker in the French rap industry. She also takes documentary photos during her trips....

Bermet Talantbek Kyzy is from the beautiful country of Kyrgyzstan, currently living and working in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates. Bermet is a Turkish University Graduate at the Department of International Relations. Bermet loves dancing, painting, creating handmade jewelry, as well as numerology, psychology and of course traveling. Instagram: @bermettalantbekkyzy

Luna Olivia Fee  was born in Germany and she currently lives in Much and studying Graphic Design and Photography. Luna is a very passionate creator and artist and since elementary school it was her plan to study Graphic Design. Creating jewelry, big paintings, photoshoots and designs is also a big part of her life and a source of great happiness. Luna is a philosophy lover and she always seeks to...

Vicky Clips is an actress. She got her theatre degree in the school of fine arts in Tehran, Iran. Vicky also teaches drama to kids part time but most importantly she runs a talent agency called Vicky Clips Talent Agency. Vicky loves musical theatre, basketball and dancing. Instagram: @vicky.clips

Sara Araujo Lima is a Portuguese girl who is living in Zürich, Switzerland. Sara worked many years as a secretary in medical offices. And now her hobbies are sport, acrobatics, to go for a walk, dancing and being outside. Her goal is to become a dance teacher in Latin Dance, in particular Bachata and Kizomba. Instagram: @saraliar_

Isabel Lippmann is a German girl who loves to travel. She lived a year in the US, 6 months in South Korea and now she lives in Japan. When she is not traveling, a good book takes her places she has never been before. She likes to express her creativity in acting, writing, drawing, singing, cooking, and baking. Instagram: @izzy.l13