The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

Welcome to y(our) home The first time I heard “Welcome, make yourself at home” was when I went to live in the SOS Children’s Village, a Brazilian orphanage. Auntie Goreth, a social mother, was waitin

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Why Duke?

Experiencing first-hand the lack of support from my school as I navigated through different foster families, I'm eager to understand how the Brazilian educational system can better participate in the

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Share a Perspective Response

“3% (Três por Cento).” For many, this refers to a successful Brazilian Netflix series that addresses merit in a fictional society with the idea that “you [create] your own success.” For me, and for th

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Sexual Orientation

Spending 18 years hearing homophobic comments, such as “gay people deserve to die”, had hidden me in a “closet made of glass," afraid of violent reactions from my relatives. But I began to feel suffoc

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