On February 1st 2009, I moved abroad for the very first time. I had never been outside Brazil, never very far from home. Gosh, I had never been on a plane! And there I was, on my own, off to change my life forever.

I lived in the USA for a year and a half. Went back to Brazil. Lived in Belgium for a year. Went back to Brazil. Came back to Belgium and here I am today.

Back in 2009 I couldn’t have imagined what I would go through, where I would end up and who I would become. Here is what I w...