Kayu Orellana

Kayu Orellana has a diverse work experience ranging from humanitarian aid and policy roles to hospitality positions. They worked at Help - Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe e.V. from September 2016 to October 2020, where they held the positions of Projects Coordinator, Teamcoordinator for Humanitarian Aid, and recently, Humanitarian Policy Officer/Head of Berlin Office. Before that, they worked as a Schoolmedics Trainer at the German Youth Red Cross Berlin for a few months in 2015. In the hospitality industry, Kayu worked as a Front Office-Supervisor at AMEDIA Hotel GmbH in 2014, as a Front Desk Agent at Novum Hotels in 2013, and as an Assistant Director at Comfort Hotel Auberge from 2006 to 2010.

Kayu Orellana completed a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in Emergency and Disaster Management at Tel Aviv University from 2015 to 2016. Prior to that, Kayu pursued a degree in Lateinamerikanische und karibische Studien (Latin American and Caribbean Studies) at Freie Universität Berlin from 2004 to 2014, earning a degree called Magister Artium. There is also mention of Kayu obtaining another Magister degree in Latin America Studies from Freie Universität Berlin, although the specific dates are not provided.