2017/2018 Fellow | Zeitpfeil | Berlin
I come from a financially disregarded family in the countryside of Brazil, and the German Chancellor Fellowship gave me the opportunity to compete on a plain field with high-level professionals on an international stage. It literally changed my life by taking me from local journalism in the Brazilian countryside to filming a documentary in Berlin. The fellowship’s networking opportunities showed me new paths, like earning a master’s degree in a foreign language in Germany, which I did. That brought me to where I am today: administrating media projects in Latin America that are funded with German and European resources. This is a future I could have never imagined, either for me or for my family. It saddens me to think others like mine wont have such a special opportunity anymore.
