In the last century, I completed the last year of my high school in the United States and returned to Brazil, full of dreams… My mother told me: “Go teach.” But, of course, I didn’t! So instead, I arrived in Rio de Janeiro, the city where I was born, and proceeded through the Hotel business, studying History and Tourism all at once.

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I’ve kept going steadily in the profession and, in a few years, I was already part of the Public Relations team of some hotels in the Copacabana-Leblon-Ipanema axis. When Brazil won its fourth Cup, my mother proposed that I live again in Sampa, study German, and prepare my way to follow through with my master's degree in Neuchâtel.

With bag and baggage, there I went to revisit the land of the drizzle. But… the winds blew in another direction and, as soon as I arrived in town, I accepted the invitation to teach English to children – I was hooked! Right there, I was charmed by the space that is built between the teacher and students.  My mother's advice seemed to make sense now!