My name is Paulo, but you may call me PK. As many of my Chinese friends always say, I have lived a very colorful life. I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where I learned to play football right after I learned how to walk. I moved to the United States, when I was a teenager and started a very international journey. It was there that I graduated from high school and university, obtaining a Bachelors Degree in Broadcasting Journalism.
After spending some time in Belgium, I returned to my hometown where I worked as a reporter for TV Globo, one of the largest TV networks in the world. Some inner voice, however, kept telling me this was not my call.
I moved with my wife to Canada in 2009 and a new journey began. I started teaching after-school Tennis in Vancouver and it was there that I decided to go back to University to pursue a teaching degree. Besides Broadcasting Journalism, I also have a bachelor’s degrees in Football Coaching and Advertising, a Masters in Printing Journalism and a Masters in Physical Education.
After achieving my Bachelors in Education, from the University of Windsor, I got a teaching job in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. It was there that I felt that I had finally found the right career for me. Teaching has become my mission and my passion. I have taught many different subjects such as English, P.E., History and Drama. Due to my ability to speak English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian, I have taught kids in different languages and from a very diverse cultural background, including the Inuit in the Arctic. Nevertheless, I have never, in my whole life, been happier than in China; this beautiful country where I have made so many friends.
我是Paulo，你也可以叫我PK。我的很多中国朋友都认为我的人生可谓丰富多彩。我出生、成长于巴西里约热内卢，刚学会走路就开始踢足球。年少时期我去了美国，勇敢开启了一段跨国旅程。在美国，我顺利完成了高中和大学的学业，获得了广播新闻学学士学位。
毕业后我在比利时工作了一段时间，之后又返回里约热内卢进入了巴西最大的电视台——环球电视台担任记者。但内心深处我能感知到有个声音一直在告诉我，这不是我最终的归宿。
2009年，我和妻子移民至加拿大，又开始了一段全新的旅程。起初，我在温哥华教授网球课程，这段教学经历促使我下定决心回归校园攻读教育学学位。如今，除了广播新闻学学位，我还拥有足球教练证书、广告学学士学位、印刷新闻硕士学位以及体育硕士学位。
在温莎大学毕业后，我在江西赣州谋得一份教师职务。从此，我找到了毕生追求的事业。教书育人已然成为我的使命和激情。我教过很多门课，有英语、体育、历史和戏剧等。此外，因为我会说英语、葡萄牙语、西班牙语、法语和意大利语，我给来自不同语言和不同文化背景的孩子授课，甚至包括北极地区的因纽特人。虽然我的经历颇为丰富，但在中国的生活更是精彩，我在这个美丽的国度结交了很多志同道合的朋友，这是我一生中最快乐的时光。
