Why stick to one thing, when you can do more?
THIS IS ME
Eden is an artist name for me as I do not want to use my own name.
My name is Elisa Rahkola and I'm a young adult originally from Kihniö, Finland but now residing in Vantaa.
Born in 2002.
My dream is to become tattoo artist or a tv producer.
I've already done tattoos and done some producing work but I'd love to do more.
Currently I'm fighting some health issues, so work and school has been super tough but I'm Finnish and we have this thing called "sisu". This is what I have and a lot of it.
Only Finns will know what I mean haha
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SCHOOL
I've done quite a lot during my years.
I studied my primary school in a small town with little friends. Once I got out of primary school at the age of 16, I moved to Nakkila to study movie and tv at Sataedu Villilä. I studied there for one year and quit due to mental health problems.
That's when I transferred straight to Tredu and started studying fashion and textile.
I studied there for two almost three years until my mental health crashed again. So I had to quit again.
I had a few year hiatus from school. During that time I was living at Tampere and there I went to Nuotti, Oma Väylä and social rehab to try and help me get on my feet while also getting medical help.
In 2025, I had to apply to school so I just chose places I'd like to go to, thinking I wasn't going to get into anywhere. Surprisingly I got into Stadin AO to study media again. It's been tough due to medical reasons but we're doing our best.
HOBBIES
I was a dancer in Phantasiae Dance from 2017 to 2019. Those were my active performance years and in 2020 I've been at practices but I'm not performing anymore, atleast for now.
I've done amateur photography and photoediting since 2016.
I did Youtube from 2017 to 2019 and that contained me filming and editing my own videos. I still do videos every now and then about some random stuff. I also upload my stream vods to Youtube when something fun happens.
In the early 2018, me and my primary school class went to Portugal on a fieldtrip and I made 4 part vlog series. I was also requested to make a compilation video for my primary school class as a memory, that video is not on YouTube. Back in primary school I actually used to be the "camera guy" for anything that was needed to be filmed.
I'm also very good with my hands, I paint, draw and I also do arts and crafts.
I've also been considering cosplay and prop making, but we'll see how that goes haha
SATAEDU VILLILÄ
I've linked my LinkedIn to my website too, so you can see my summerjobs from there but I'm totally going to tell you about the big things I've done in 3years of vocational school.
In Villilä, I was in an ad promoting our school. Here is the ad.. My friend (the guy with me in the video) does not like the video at all and is so embarrased of it. It was cool to be in an ad but it was terrifying to notice how much coverage it got and how many views..
Also in Villilä I was studying to become a producer, so most of the stuff I got assigned to were about producing something.
I was a co-producer of Aavedata LIVE. Which was a teaser for their soon starting TV series on Sub. We worked hard like a month leading up to the livestream and the moment when we went live was so awesome. I got to talk to both Jupe and Marko from Aavedata but also I got to talk to Sani. The whole night was a lot to take and I slept like a baby when I got back to my apartment at 12am. Such a cool experience and I will never forget it.
Sataedu had a gala for all the teachers at Sataedu and for that one we were prepearing for about 2months before the actual gala day. The night was amazing but very exhausting since everything had to go perfect and I kept failing due to me panicing.
After my mental health took a 180 to the wrong direction, I decided during the summer of 2019 that I do not want to continue at Sataedu for numerous of reasons. The decision of quitting the school was not easy, since my parents did not understand how bad the situation was. After a lot of talking, we decided together that I will not be continuing at Sataedu and I'm going to transfer. Next stop was to decide where and where to ask.
I decided to come to Tampere to Tredu. I knew I wanted to go to a vocational school and not high school. Then I had to think what field I wanted to study. First I was thinking of home decor but decided to start on fashion.
I've had a lot of fun in this school and I'm actually respected and taken care of. My teachers are amazing.
I was a model at Kädentaitomessut 2019. It was so awesome and I had an amazing group with me. Clothes were great and the whole experience was just phenominal.
There was another show that I was supposed to be a model at but I had to back out after something quite traumatizing happened a week or two before the show. My brain didn't work for like a week and a half and then it started to slowly warm up again.
Also during this whole time I was undiagnosed and unmedicated.
I got my ADHD and bipolar diagnosis in 2021.
I finally got the help and understanding I needed.
Next step was going to therapy which I'm actively in.
THANK YOU
Thank you for reaching this far. I know you might be wondering, why do I need to know so much about you if I just want to hire you. And here is my answer; In my opinion it's better to know too much than too little. Knowing me helps you get to know me and my work more personally and I'm all about that.