My greatest passion is helping children and adults reach their full potential, both academically and personally. I believe learning should be fun and active, something that develops the mind and the heart together. That belief has shaped a journey across languages, countries, and classrooms that I'm glad to share with you.

I was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and my path took an international turn early. After high school, I moved to Grenoble, France, to study French Art, Culture, and Literature, then spent a summer in Italy studying the language and culture. From there I relocated to Gainesville, Florida, to learn English, and two months of intensive study earned me a scholarship and, soon after, admission to the University of Florida. Go Gators!

At UF I was invited into the Honors Program, a selective track that opened up advanced courses like Chaos Theory and Advanced Neurobiology. I double majored in Biology and French Literature, graduating summa cum laude with a specialization in Microbiology, and went on to work as a researcher in the field. I later sat the MCAT and was accepted into several U.S. medical schools, including the University of Miami and Nova Southeastern. But my volunteer work in hospitals and schools pulled me in another direction: education.

In truth, I'd been teaching since I was 17, when, after ten years of competitive swimming in São Paulo, I became a swimming instructor for toddlers and young children. That early love of teaching led me to earn a Master's in International Education from Framingham State University in Massachusetts, graduating with honors. Back in Brazil, I taught Math, Chemistry, and Biology at the high school level at Graded, The American School of São Paulo for about five years before becoming an independent educator and consultant.

Since 2005, I've worked across a range of educational projects: college preparation and mentoring for students applying abroad (U.S., UK, Europe, Canada, and Australia), international exam prep (TOEFL, SSAT, SAT, ACT, ISEE, IGCSE, IB), French lessons, book editing, and the development of social projects. I support students with every kind of goal, from thriving in school to building a strong college application.
Outside of teaching, I speak six languages and am currently wrestling with my most challenging one yet, Japanese! Learning languages is one of my great joys, along with traveling (52 countries and counting), swimming, yoga, meditation, and exploring everything from astrophysics to veganism. I live between Brazil and the United States, and above all, I hope to inspire the people I work with to become active in their communities and to contribute to the well-being of others.