Name & Surname?

Ilze Jumike

What is your title?

Senior Purchasing Specialist and Compliance Officer

Where would you most like to live?

In a sunny place near the sea, forest and mountains.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

A trait that I really deplore in myself is procrastination. At times, I don't like how critical I am of myself and how hard I am on myself.

What is your favorite feature?

My favorite feature about myself is my optimism, that I will always find a solution. I am quite intelligent and witty, but I tend to be honest and not everybody enjoys that. I am thoughtful and always invest myself 100% in whatever I do.

What is your greatest fear?

My greatest fears are aliens, comet and war.

Which talent would you most like to have?

I would have loved an artistic talent like painting or dancing. Unfortunately, I am a practical person with just loads of imagination and fantasy.

Who is your favorite hero in history?

Inspiration for Latvian women is Vaira Viķe Freiberga. She was the President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007 and she was President of Club de Madrid from 2014 to 2019. She was Special Envoy on the United Nations reform and official candidate for UN Secretary General in 2006.

What features do you want your friends to have?

I would like all my friends to be honest and helpful. To feel the empathy and provide support with no questions asked. Unconditional friendship is the very highest possible level of friendship in my opinion.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

It would be my physical body and empathy skill. I would have loved to be always fit and healthy and able to pursue my dreams. Empathy is a skill with two faces, it helps to understand people and situations, but it can lead to a total devotion for pleasing others and then forgetting about the healthy egoism.

What is your favorite occupation?

Mine are TRX exercise, hiking, paddle boarding, winter swimming taking long road trips and traveling in general.

What is your greatest regret?

I didn’t start an active and sports life style early. Activity is a way to help the mind to rewind and become clear. Actually, physical activity is very much needed for the mental ability to be.

When and where were you happiest?

Happiness is a feeling that is created inside of us. It can’t be attached to exterior factors. I was the happiest when I was pregnant to my daughter. That made me glow and provided me to overcome all problems with ease, because I did know what mattered the most.

What is your motto?

“I have two mottos: • Don’t forget to dream. • What you will think, that you will live.