Author: mauro
What Is Your Worth?
Once, I witnessed a woman make a fiery statement during a discussion among friends: “(…) It is indeed necessary to make it very clear that we women, precisely because we…
Brewing Coffee: A Tale of Competence and Accountability
I love coffee. Today, while preparing my second cup—my morning Nespresso—I realized that making coffee has many parallels with the work we do. This simple act illuminated the challenges we…
What if?
My sister needed a wardrobe for her room and bought one at Casas Bahia. Since she lives in a two-story house with a spiral staircase leading to her room, she…
Pushing the Limits
Once I did something almost unthinkable for me: I bought a magazine off the supermarket shelf while waiting in the checkout line. No, it wasn’t a gossip magazine—that would be…
Meet my high-tech graphic-novel 21st-century Saci
Can largely unknown Brazilian folklore characters like #Saci, #Boitatá, #Iara and #Curupira compete with #Halloween? Not with low-tech approaches. Over the last semesters, my kindergarten-age kids have been studying Saci:…