Imigrantes de Sucesso

Helena Araújo

Eu não tenho o plano B.

1:57

At 1:57: «Eu não tenho o plano B. O meu plano B era fazer o plano A dar certo.» In her mind it was going to work, and it did.

Fui trabalhar nas limpezas.

3:12

She had 17 years as a teacher and 12 as a public employee, near 0:35. At 3:12: «Fui trabalhar nas limpezas.» People arrive thinking it is a bed of roses, but they step down a few rungs.

Minha filha vai pra escola sozinha.

31:56

At 31:10 she says she loves Manaus and that she was once stopped with a gun to her head. Here, nothing like that has happened to her. At 31:56: «Minha filha vai pra escola sozinha.»