WUJS Student Profile
Name: Ana Katarina Finkel
Age: 22
University: Johnson & Wales University
Degree: Baking and Pastry Arts
Current City/ Country: Denver, Co USA
Prior to arriving in Israel for WUJS' Intern Tel Aviv Program I was finishing up a cooperative with a bakery in Colorado for my Baking and Pastry Arts degree from Johnson & Wales University. I graduated the same week I left for Israel. Despite my lack of experience outside of the school I had specific skills within the food industry that I was looking to focus on. My expertise lies in showpieces and wedding cakes but I wanted to expand my knowledge of certain mediums I use and play more with the artistic side of the sugar world. I am seriously considering making aliya in 2010 and was hoping to get a better perspective of Israel and to get my foot in the door to the food industry while I'm here in order to help me obtain a job when my plans are confirmed. Currently I am interning at a bakery called Cake Art and I feel at home within my new kitchen and my new Israeli family. I just hope to learn as much Hebrew as I can, gain experience and knowledge within my career field, and to make Israel as much my home as I had always dreamt it to be. Having been here two weeks I have already make close friends, reconnected with the artist in me I thought I had lost years ago, and learned how to make a handful of Israel's decedent pastries.
