Translations:
Other Pages:
Modules
Site Map
Key Words
Contact
Utility Documents
Useful Links
GABRIELA CATARINA LEITE SANTOS
Portuguese Translator
Profile
Hello everyone. Irma Ferran asked me to write a short text about myself to post on the website. So, here goes.
 |
My 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.
Me 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!
 |
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.
 |
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).
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I embrace you all.
See: Três sociólogos clássicos