"Opportunities hold the key for the development of Humanity." Through his life experience and the lessons he gathered along the way, Giovani Rocha explains why he believes in this idea and how he turned it into a tool to influence the life of high-school students from public schools of Brazil, encouraging them to become agents of change in their communities.
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Born and raised in Piedade, in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Giovani Rocha is 23. Despite his young age, he has a long experience as a leader and social activist in his community, where he worked as a volunteer Math and English teacher since he was 14. Giovani was a Youth Ambassador by the US Department of State, Global Changemaker by British Council and represented Brazil in several international youth conferences around the globe, in cities such as Chicago, Barranquilla, Panama City and London. Since 2012, he's the coordinator of (LdA) Líderes do Amanhã, a project that aims at transforming high-school students from public schools of Brazil into agents of change in their communities.
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12 сен 2024
