My name is Adriana. I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. My father was an architect and my mom was a teacher. They raised me with my three older sisters. When I was a teenager, I was very involved in sports. I won the state title of Synchronized Swimming and the Brazilian National Title of Swimming. Later in my life, I decided that I would like to help people, so I studied Speech Therapy and worked with kids that presented cognitive issues.
I moved to Canada in 2009 to start a new life with my husband. A few years later, he was offered an English teaching position in China. During that time, I had the opportunity to use my Speech Therapy skills to help his students to reduce their accents. I immediately felt the call to become a teacher which made me return to university and pursue my teaching Credentials from the University of Windsor.
After teaching in very remote regions of Northern Canada for a few years, my husband and I decided that it was time to return to China. I have been living and working in China for the last six years. During that time, I have taught English, Drama, Sociology and Career Development. It has been a fantastic journey. My husband, my two dogs and I love this country very much. We want to stay here until the end of our professional careers and make a difference in our students’ lives.
我是Adriana，来自巴西里约热内卢。我的父亲是建筑师，母亲是教师，在他们悉心培养下，我和三位姐姐健康成长。年少时，我酷爱运动，曾获得过花样游泳比赛州冠军、巴西全国游泳比赛冠军。长大成人后，我立志助人，开始学习言语语言障碍与矫治课程，帮助存在认知障碍的孩子。
2009年，我与丈夫移民至加拿大，开始了新的旅程。几年后，他获得了来中国教授英语的工作机会。我便随同他前往中国，并利用所学的语言治疗知识帮助他的学生改善发音。也正是在这段时间里，我感受到了成为一名教师的使命与责任。于是我决定返回校园，在温莎大学攻读教育学学位。
毕业后，我和丈夫远赴加拿大北部的偏远地区执教，数年后我们决心回到中国。过去六年间，我一直在中国工作、生活，教授过英语、戏剧、社会学和职业发展等各类课程。于我而言，这是一段奇妙的旅程。我们夫妻俩以及我们的两只狗狗都非常喜欢这个国家。未来，我们希望继续留在中国直至职业生涯结束，同时也期盼着自己的付出能给孩子们的人生带来积极的改变。
