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Overview

  • 11 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Italian
  • 43, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Project manager in an Educational TV Channel in Rio
  • Bachelor degree in Social Communication (emphasis in jour...
  • From Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

... thoughts become words. words become actions. actions become habits. habits become character. character becomes your destiny...

ABOUT ME

Some months ago I decided to have a career break, went to some places in Europe and spent almost five months in Asia. I've been travelling since march and I'm now looking for a place to call home.

My former job was in an Educational TV Channel in Rio. In the last 6 years I've worked with projects about Midia and Education, Social Development and Science Communication.

I like working in challenging and meaningful projects, travelling, meeting people, blogging, writing. My great passions in life are literature, cinema and music.

I've been practicing yoga and trying to keep briefing. ;)

Interests

Literature, journalism, cinema, music, photography, art, Internet, travels, yoga, meditation, spirituality, different cultures, amazing stories about ordinary life and enthusiastic people.

  • arts
  • writing
  • literature
  • photography
  • education
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • blogging
  • music
  • teaching
  • journalism
  • science
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: from Fellini, Woody Allen, Almodovar, Tarantino, Walter Salles, João Moreira Salles, Fernando Meirelles, Guy Ritchie, Darren Aronofsky, Lars Von Trier, Alejandro González Iñárritu.

music: bossa nova, blues, jazz, rock 'n roll, classical and samba, of course. ;)

books from: Clarice Lispector, Friedrich Nietzsche, García Marquez, Guimarães Rosa, Hermann Hesse, Jorge Amado, José Saramago, Simone de Beauvoir

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did the Santiago de Compostela walk in Spain (310 km in 13 days, from Oviedo to Santiago); I lived for a month in an Ashram in Himalayans - India, where I took a Yoga Teachers Training Course; I did a 8 days trekking in the mountains of Ladakh, Himalayas, and I reached the altitud of 5.200 meters.

Teach, Learn, Share

yoga: I'm a certified yoga teacher in a Sivananda Ashram in India. Even if we don't have much time together I still can give you some tips on breathing exercises and asanas.

portuguese: I have really good communication and writing skills and have experience as a teacher in writing classes for adolescents and adults.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Mozambique, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Israel

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