Agnija Kazuša
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Agnija Kazuša is one of the Core Participants of the European SDDP of the Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era project. Agnija is a certified meditation and mindfulness coach, a writer and a youth worker. Originally from Latvia, she keeps travelling all around the world – from Helsinki to Cairo, from Bogota to Tokyo – to continuously search, learn and discover herself within different cultures, customs and religions.
She started her career as a freelance journalist, working for one of the most popular newspapers in Latvia, "Diena" and other print and online media. Back then, she also had her radio show on an internet radio station, as well as she was an editor-in-chief at the local newspaper in Latvia.
Having gained a Master’s degree in Communication Science, she spent three years teaching English in Egypt, Latvia, Morocco, India and China. She became actively involved in global cooperation and international youth organizations, like AEGEE, AIESEC, European Youth Press, Anna Lindh Foundation and FEJS Latvija, which she initiated and co-founded in 2008. The aim of FEJS Latvija is to allow local journalism students and media makers improve their professional skills and connect with each other. She is currently a member of the Middle East and North Africa Committee (menac).
After her life and work experience in Egypt, she started a creative writing career, and wrote her first novel "Three Cups of Egypt". It was published in a web portal for women "Sievietes Pasaule". From 2013 until 2015 she took Creative Writing classes at the Literary Academy in Riga. During this period, she wrote her second novel "Bruno" and several short stories; some of them have been published by internet journal "Satori" and awarded and published by the European Institute of the Mediterranean "A Sea of Words" short story contest.
In the beginning of 2015, she became actively involved in the World Peace Initiative Foundation project Peace Revolution that changed her life and opened her eyes to a happier and healthier being thanks to a daily practice of meditation. In November 2015, she became a Peace Architect during a training that she attended in Thailand. Now she has embarked on a mission to share her inner peace with everyone and inspire others on their journey to happiness.
Agnija's Peer Empowerment and Support Mentors is Mirjam Hasselhorn.
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