Larissa Garcia

Larissa Garcia - Instructor & Aula Viva Partner

Larissa is an actress, comedienne, and Brazilian Portuguese instructor born and raised in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. She holds a bachelor’s degree in both Drama (Federal University of Bahia) and Language (Salvador University), and has been teaching Brazilian Portuguese for 7 years while working as a stage actor for the past 16 years.

After landing in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006, she decided to combine acting and teaching and happily found that it really works. Bringing to life characters and situations from Brazilian daily life and culture has proved an effective method of instruction.

Larissa is also the director of Taba Productions and has recently produced and performed three solo shows: Billie Cox's A (Bearded) Lady, Mario Echevarrias’ Memoirs of a Virgin and Dario Fo & Franca Rami's Medea Prologue (as a result of Climate Theaters Artist Residency Program), being awarded best actress for the first two pieces. She is thrilled to be working with both acting and teaching. Taba and Street Smart Brazil have partnered to create Aula Viva, a theatrical workshop on Brazilian Portuguese.