Impact stories

Impact stories

“For me, leadership is putting yourself at the service of people.”

Do you ever feel outside the educational standard of the majority around you? Isn’t it wonderful when we have contact with an education that, above all, values ​​human beings and their relationships, as in LALA? Nicolle Squillante, LALA alumni, also think that way, which led her to develop the Educaree method. At 20 years of

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“Do as much good as possible”

Inspiration and reflection are the feelings we get after talking to Breno. Straight from Osasco, in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, a 19-year-old young man addresses a questioning look at reality, humanity, and himself. Inside him, there is a profound restlessness to seek virtue, serve, and reduce suffering as much as possible during his

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People are the reason for everything

Maria Isabel Dias’ sweetness and compassionate gaze are so infectious that it makes us feel as if we are talking to a friend of years. Born and raised in São Paulo, the 19-year-old completed high school at UWC SEA and is preparing to study neuroscience in the United States. Besides this great passion, she also

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“LALA is a milestone in my life”

LALA is made up of young people who seek to make a difference in their communities and make a positive impact on the world. Among them is Juliana Janot, who inspires by the way of facing the world around her and since a very young age has been engaged in social initiatives in her community.

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“This is what I wanted: use my words (…) whether wherever I went in order to make a difference”

Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Alagoas, Recife, Maranhão, Rondônia and Roraima. Half of the state deputies in the north-northeast region of Brazil have heard her strong name: Talyta França, Girl Up leader in Natal, has been crossing borders with her bill against menstrual poverty. And she promises this is just the beginning! Through communication,

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“Literature is also a human right”

She was only 14 when she transformed her biggest passion into her life’s mission. Today, at 17 years old and recently selected as a young leader by Ashoka Young Changemakers, the student Luiza Fontes has been transforming lives through literature in her city – Belo Horizonte – and its surroundings. Her love for reading began

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Jessica Kenny: a proud llama

She began as Mr. Kenny’s daughter, wondering at the surrounding of the International School of Curitiba, where she met Mr. D, a person one wouldn’t desire to forget for the rest of the story and that will be almost godly recalled later on. It may have been due to her family background or even the

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