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I was born in Northeast Brazil, namely in a small city called Coruripe but I was raised in Maceió, the capital of the State of Alagoas where I lived permanently till I was 20. Later on, I spent about 10 years in the Amazon jungle area where I worked and survived guiding foreign tourists, translating and interpreting to occasional businessmen, missionaries, doctors, governments and whomever needed my English-Portuguese-Spanish abilities. But I also guided in French, Italian and Japanese in different levels of proficiency or ignorance.
About me
I was born in Northeast Brazil, namely in a small city called Coruripe but I was raised in Maceió, the capital of the State of Alagoas where I lived permanently till I was 20. Later on, I spent about 10 years in the Amazon jungle area where I worked and survived guiding foreign tourists, translating and interpreting to occasional businessmen, missionaries, doctors, governments and whomever needed my English-Portuguese-Spanish abilities. But I also guided in French, Italian and Japanese in different levels of proficiency or ignorance.
That is how I got to meet people involved in sciences and in the making of half a dozen films and documentaries like FitzCarraldo, Italian minor titles, National Geographic 16mm films and last but not least the Cousteau Society Crew including Mr. Cousteau.
I am also thankful to the Amazon for the oportunity of having met people like Nicole Maxwell author of The Whichdoctor Apprentice; Dr. Evans Schultz, the creator of Ethnobotany and of Julia Allen Field, author and founder of the Amazonia 2000 Foundation and National Geographic photojournalist Loren Mcintyre. To the Amazon I also owe whatever wisdom I may have acquired in life since the Jungle is a great teacher.
I presently live in Foz do Iguaçu in what international press and US Government agencies call TBA – a rather infamous acronym that stands for Triple Border Area. As of lately my days here are spent between writing and healing; Writing because as a journalist and content producer I write for the local paper, magazines and to the Visit Iguassu site. I also write about nature and spirituality in areas like ecopsychology, transpersonal and transactional psychology. The star of my writing subjects in the field of ecospirituality is Iguassu Falls as a sacred place of the Planet. Writing is my bread and butter, I can say.
I have authored three books all in Portuguese. The last one 7A 3D - which means Seven Arcs, Three Degrees. The title is a reference to the shape of Iguassu Falls in that it presents seven major arcs, carved out by erosion within which all the different hundreds of Falls are located. Three Steps is a reference to the three layered, step formation of the waterfalls. It can be said to be a good guide book. I am working on plans to bring it out in English.
I presently live in Foz do Iguaçu in what international press and US Government agencies call TBA – a rather infamous acronym that stands for Triple Border Area. As of lately my days here are spent between writing and healing; Writing because as a journalist and content producer I write for the local paper, magazines and to the Visit Iguassu site. I also write about nature and spirituality in areas like ecopsychology, transpersonal and transactional psychology. The star of my writing subjects in the field of ecospirituality is Iguassu Falls as a sacred place of the Planet. Writing is my bread and butter, I can say.
I have authored three books all in Portuguese. The last one 7A 3D - which means Seven Arcs, Three Degrees. The title is a reference to the shape of Iguassu Falls in that it presents seven major arcs, carved out by erosion within which all the different hundreds of Falls are located. Three Steps is a reference to the three layered, step formation of the waterfalls. It can be said to be a good guide book. I am working on plans to bring it out in English.
