As I slowly opened the window of the plane, it didn’t take much effort to watch its wing disappear into the clouds while we ascended to maximum altitude, bound for American soil from Brazil.
I found...
It's a new year. Generally in the New Year, the word “new” becomes everyone's desire. Have a new hobby. Speak a new language. Or maybe start a new major.
This happens because we tend to do what...
People talking loudly, children running around the table, music louder than aunts in the beauty salon. This is the most realistic and familiar scene, when I remember my country – Brazil.
I believe...
Brazil is a place where conformity has always been responsible for deceiving individuals who still believe in a nation without evils.
However, voices like the first Black writer in Brazil, Carolina...
When I think about the American football experience, it’s this exact picture I have: a giant place full of my romanticized American stereotypes.
As an international student coming from Rio de Janeiro,...
When I was a child, I used to ask my parents why we left the Fragrant Harbor. For the longest time, I didn’t know its actual name because my parents refused to call it anything else. Mama said whatever...
Ariane Almeida had to wear a mask for 28 hours straight while traveling back to Lexington from her hometown of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, after winter break.Almeida, a freshman international student majoring...
The UK Student Activities Board hosted its Brazilian Heritage Festival Oct. 5. Though students did not have to be Brazilian to attend, the festival brought new understanding to several facets of Brazilian...
