Renata Barboza - Instructor

Renata Barboza-Murray - Instructor

Renata was born and raised in Pernambuco, in Northeastern Brazil. She has been living is San Francisco-CA since 2006. She is Street Smart Brazil's right hand with her dedication to teaching and ability to create class materials and train the teachers.

Renata has a BA in Translation (English-Portuguese) and a certificate from a specialization course in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). She has been teaching both English and Portuguese as a second language for more than 9 years. Renata believes that learning happens when the emotional, right side of your brain and the logical, left side of your brain work together. Her students range from 3 to 70 years old. In Brazil, she worked as a Portuguese as a second language teacher at the American School of Recife. Her students were from many parts of the world including the U.S., Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Japan, China, and Finland.

“Every day my students’ enthusiasm and motivation to learn Portuguese show me the beauty and richness of the Portuguese language and Brazilian culture.”