I am Brazilian Canadian, bilingual in English and Portuguese, in addition to being fluent in Spanish and French.

I have over twenty-five years of professional experience at the international level in financial management, human resources and general administration, acquired while working in several international development organizations.

I have held a variety of positions requiring the ability and flexibility to adopt problem-solving methods within the context of complex international administration settings. In addition to my leadership and change management experiences, my positions have also all required exercising accountability, diplomacy and solid communications and inter-personal skills in to ensure effective and efficient operations and administration.

In addition to my educational credentials, and fluency in four languages, I have sound competencies in the use of information systems for finance and personnel administration as well as in the use of Microsoft suite of products. I have worked as a power user of ERP system (SAP Oracle / PeopleSoft) and as a systems analyst early on in my career.

My professional posts have also required the ability to translate and/or review proof-read documents in the aforementioned languages. Furthermore, my extensive experience working in multilingual/multicultural settings and my attention to detail, provided me with excellent tools to transition into the provision of translating, editing and proofreading documents and a variety of related working materials.