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Gabriela
Catarina Leite Santos
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Hello everyone. Irma Ferran asked
me to write a short text about myself to post on the website. So, here
goes.
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full name is Gabriela Catarina Leite Santos, I’m thirty years old and
I’m from Oporto, Portugal. I graduated in Biology from the University
of Oporto in 2001 and, like the majority of my piers, I’m unemployed
and struggling to find a job (huge unemployment rates and precarious work,
especially amongst people with a University degree, are the main social
issues in Portugal in the present moment. Situation is quite desperate).
I’m married to Giancarlo Ferrandi, my very own “Italian Lover”, a
great and caring guy which I was fortunate enough to meet on a summer holiday
almost eleven years ago. It will be our seventh anniversary next September. |
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and Giancarlo are the proud parents of our four-month-old baby boy, Pedro,
the sunlight of our lives. Apart from some freelance assignments, like
translations and environmental education, being a Mother is what I do.
It’s my full time job. And the truth is that I LOVE IT! |
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| Now,
about my beliefs and some things I know for sure: I believe in Love, in
Friendship, in Solidarity (not charity, please note), in Equality, in Justice
(social justice is a big deal for me), in Social Activism, in Nature. I
strongly believe in humanizing society and work conditions in order to
allow better parenting; I truly think that our greatest challenge as citizens
is to love and protect our children, all children, for Infancy is, in itself,
a value. I also believe in fighting poverty through an equalitarian and
sustainable distribution of wealth. This ideal has led me to work as a
Fair Trade activist for a number of years. And, overall, I BELIEVE IN HAVING
BABIES. I haven’t always but, recently my vision of Motherhood has shifted
significantly. My son provides me such joy and objectivity that most of
my problems faded away once he was born. |
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| Under
the friendly supervision of Irma Ferran, I’m now collaborating with the
Dr. Phil Bartle’s website translating some contents from English to Portuguese.
I applied for the UN Online Volunteering Program and took on this great
assignment (I love to translate. I have to do it continuously since half
of my family is Portuguese, the other half is Italian and I have many English-speaking
friends). |
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you for taking the time to read this. I embrace you all. |
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| Yours
Truly,
Gabriela Santos |
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