When I was a psychology student in Brazil I met a really nice French young man. He had just arrived in my home town, Rio de Janeiro (2 weeks before) and didn’t speak any Portuguese at this point. As I didn’t speak French we started our conversation in English (thanks Mom & Dad for insisting we learn Shakespeare’s language from a very early age). We started dating and got married 4 years later.

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Since we realized that our relationship was serious and that it could develop into something lasting, my husband explained to me that he had the dream of following an international career just like his father. In fact at that moment, my father-in-law worked in a large French company and had the opportunity to live with his family in several countries. A perspective of life very different from my reality even though I was the daughter of a commercial airline pilot and a former flight attendant. I was used to traveling on vacations, but I had only moved once in my life in my early 20s and in the same neighborhood !!!

In 2000 I effectively started my Global Nomad Life, because of my husband’s work. In all these years I have had the chance to live in eight (8) different countries: Brazil, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Venezuela, Mexico and the United States. Being immersed in distinct cultures, learning other languages and dealing with a wide variety of people allowed me to grow as a human being and to expand my horizons in every way.

In my experience of having been pregnant, giving birth and raising my two (2) daughters in countries other than mine, always on the move, makes me naturally sensitive to TCKs (Third Culture Kids) and CCKs (Cross Culture Kids) parents’ challenges.

Living in an intercultural marriage for over twenty-five (25) years I can understand the ups and downs of a relationship with this unique nature.

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The option to accompany my partner around the world also offered me the defying opportunity to reinvent myself professionally and socially with each new country. Giving me the real perception of the various angles of this type of situation.

Nowadays we are still on the road, currently living in outside of Chicago - USA, and open to where the future will take us on our next adventure. I have the huge privilege of working supporting other Globetrotters in their different stages of life, and my ATCK (Adult Third Culture Kid) husband continues with his international career as he always dreamed. We are also very proud of our two (2) citizens of the world, who have become open minded young ladies, with an enormous capacity to adapt and socialize in different environments and above all with great empathy for others.