Master's Student, Portuguese, Teaching Assistant of Portuguese Yasmin Paiva de Siqueira is originally from São Paulo, Brazil. She holds a Bachelor's and Teaching Degree in Language and Literature (Portuguese and English) from The Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo (FFLCH/USP). Currently, she is a second year Master's student in the Portuguese Program in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia. Moreover, she is a Teaching Assistant for Portuguese in the aforementioned department as well as a Portuguese Tutor for the Flagship Program. During the 2024-2025 academic year, she was the Portuguese language tutor for the department, responsible for advertising, promoting and providing tutoring and conversation drop-in hours to undergraduate language students. In the spring of 2025, she served as the content editor of Fala aí, the Portuguese Program’s award-winning, bilingual, multimedia, student-run magazine about Lusophone cultures and the Portuguese language (ISSN 2689-1506 [online] / ISSN 2689-1492 [print]). Prior to that, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and worked as a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) for Portuguese at Spelman College in Atlanta (GA) during the 2023-2024 academic year. With over 12 years of classroom experience as an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher, she has taught students of all ages (ranging from kindergarten to adults) both in person and online. She has extensive experience in designing classes tailored to students’ needs. Moreover, she is certified by Anaheim University (California) after completing the following teaching courses: “TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)” and “TEYL (Teaching English to Young Learners)”. Lastly, her research interests include Literature, Women's writings, Afro-Brazilian literature, Cinema and Education. Research Research Areas: Brazilian & Lusophone Studies Latin American, Iberian & Latinx Studies Research Interests: Literature, Women's writings, Afro-Brazilian literature, Cinema and Education. Grants: Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) for Portuguese at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA - 2023-2024 academic year. Frequently Taught Courses Courses Regularly Taught: PORT 1001 PORT 1110 Other Relevant Information Of note: 2025: Active Member of the Sigma Pi Lambda: Society of Portuguese Learning - The University of Georgia 2023 / 2024: Received a Fulbright Scholarship to work and study as a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) for Portuguese at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, USA. 2016: Winner of the 3rd Cultura Inglesa Speaking Competition – Your Voice (Staff), whose theme was “The Head or the Heart?”. The speech aimed at praising teachers who work tirelessly not only to teach learners the content academically required, but also to help them develop their soft skills through a humanistic approach. 2015: Winner of the 2nd Cultura Inglesa Speaking Competition - Your Voice (Staff), whose theme was “Words are not enough”. The speech focused on the pivotal role writing has had throughout history not only as a platform for women to voice their opinions and feelings, but also as a means through which they have been able to demand their rights as well as give voice to those who have been historically silenced. Education Education: Master of Arts in Romance Languages - Portuguese Program University of Georgia (UGA) - Athens, USA Bachelor of Arts in Language and Literature - Major in Portuguese and English University of São Paulo (USP) - Brazil Teaching Degree in Language and Literature - Major in Portuguese and English University of São Paulo (USP) - Brazil
