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Elena Como, the author of this blog, is passionate about Brazil and Portugal. 
Originally from California’s San Francisco Bay Area, Elena became interested in Brazil and Portuguese after discovering capoeira, the Brazilian martial art/dance. Elena attended the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she created and graduated with honors in the independent major of Brazilian Studies. Elena was very fortunate to be a student of Santa Cruz’s Brazilianists: Sonia Alvarez, Daniel Linger, Ana Maria Seara, and Karen Yamashita. Elena was an exchange student in Brazil at PUC Rio de Janeiro. While in Santa Cruz, Elena worked with other Portuguese students in a weekly bate-papo, chat group. She was also a tutor for Portuguese students, developing Portuguese lessons to assist them in their studies. Now a resident of Astoria, Queens, in New York City, Elena participates in a Portuguese language book club, attends and organizes Portuguese language meetups, and runs Atlantico Books.
Originally from California’s San Francisco Bay Area, Elena became interested in Brazil and Portuguese after discovering capoeira, the Brazilian martial art/dance. Elena attended the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she created and graduated with honors in the independent major of Brazilian Studies. Elena was very fortunate to be a student of Santa Cruz’s Brazilianists: Sonia Alvarez, Daniel Linger, Ana Maria Seara, and Karen Yamashita. Elena was an exchange student in Brazil at PUC Rio de Janeiro. While in Santa Cruz, Elena worked with other Portuguese students in a weekly bate-papo, chat group. She was also a tutor for Portuguese students, developing Portuguese lessons to assist them in their studies. Now a resident of Astoria, Queens, in New York City, Elena participates in a Portuguese language book club, attends and organizes Portuguese language meetups, and runs Atlantico Books.
Through Atlantico, Elena shares her passion for Portuguese with others who are outside of the Portuguese-speaking world. Elena’s mission through Atlantico is to help others to experience cultural understanding and broadening of horizons through the study of Portuguese and through getting to know Brazil and Portugal.
Elena has travelled extensively in Portugal and Brazil. She is an expert at locating and bringing you the books you need from the Portuguese-speaking world.
Please visit Atlantico Books’ website to check out our big catalog of Portuguese language materials and learn Portuguese! CLICK HERE
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