Vanessa Hanshcakes

I'm a child of globalisation. here there everywhere. physically and spiritually. Half German. Half Indonesian. Lived in the Philippines for 4 years during elementary school. In Cameroon for 1 year of voluntary service. I study at the University of Edinburgh Edinburgh. Currently on Erasmus in Italy.

The only thing I love more than travelling are languages.

Spreading and sharing is the idea.

Linguistics and Cognition

I found TED when I was desperately in need of a prep talk for my studies during exam time. And I found so many talks that encouraged my interest and revived my passion in the materia that I thought my lesser interesting Uni courses were killing. From then on it has been my background music and source of inspiration. I was delighted to find out I can even use it for one of my hobbies: translation. Here is my contribution .

I think I have revealed most talents to one person or the other. Most people won't guess that I do Bhangra, a traditional Punjabi dance.