Marta Dubiel was around 20 when she unexpectedly decided to move to Oslo. She lived there for four years, and then moved to Bergen. “I have been in Norway for more than seven years now. I work in a hospital’s operating department and attend medical school,” says the woman from Bolesławiec. “In the future, if everything works out, I would like to become a doctor. But time will tell.”
How did she come to take part in Skyss’s promotional campaign? “I once took part in an opinion survey. I guess they remembered me…” says Marta Dubiel. “One day they contacted me and asked whether I would be interested in taking part in an advertisement.”
The woman from Bolesławiec was surprised by the offer, but said: “Why not?” “It’s always an adventure,” she says with a smile.
The Polish woman was invited to a professional photo shoot. “I was the only woman in the group who was not Norwegian,” she recalls. And she admits: “I was a little worried about how others would react and, of course, about the final result itself.”
After several months, the campaign was launched. “You can now see me on trams, on interactive screens at stops and on buses,” says the woman from Bolesławiec. “But what makes me even happier is the way my fellow Poles have reacted to the campaign. Poles said that at last there was some pleasant and optimistic news about our Polish community.”
She adds: “I also know that Poles working for Skyss are very proud that the face of a Polish woman appeared on one of the campaign posters. Apparently, in some offices they have put up my poster so they can boast that Polish women are great girls and are taking part in this campaign too. My heart fills with warmth when people say they are proud of me. And that my smile brightens their day.”
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