COMMUNITY
Vila Brasil
SWe are an award winning, woman-owned language school in Brasilia that has been teaching professionals and students since 2012. We like to be seen as a community. Here we promote, in addition to Portuguese classes for foreigners, English, Spanish and French courses. We also offer empathetic training for language teachers and opportunities for sharing ideas and experiences.
Our positioning is close to the values of conscious capitalism: sensitivity, affection, and creativity, thus reflecting the personality of our founder Ana Luíza Gabatteli, who believes that language has the power to bring together, welcome and transform society.
TEAM
Our team
Ana Luíza Gabatteli
Founder & CEO
Holds a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics (UnB), bachelor’s in Brazilian Portuguese as a second language teaching (UnB). Celpe-Bras examiner.
Eliani de Morais
Coordinator - PLAc
Master’s degree student in Applied Linguistics. Bachelor’s in Brazilian Portuguese as a second language teaching (UnB).
Marcos Mendonça
General coordinator
Holds a master’s degree in Linguistics (UnB), bachelor’s in Brazilian Portuguese as a second language teaching (UnB).
Mariana Muniz
Portuguese and French teacher
Bachelor’s in Brazilian Portuguese as a second language teaching and French language and literature (UnB).
Ana Paula Gabatteli
Portuguese teacher
Master’s degree student in Applied Linguistics (UnB). Bachelor’s in Portuguese and Spanish languages and literatures (UDF).
Rosana Figueiredo
Portuguese and English teacher
Bachelor’s in Brazilian Portuguese as a second language teaching (UnB).
Maia Desiderato
Spanish teacher
Bachelor of Arts - specialization in cinema, theater and dance (UBA, Argentina). Specialization in teaching Spanish as a second and foreign language (AADE, Argentina).
Aline Simo
Portuguese teacher
Bachelor’s in Brazilian Portuguese as a second language teaching (UnB). Specialist in Public Education Policies (Ave Education).
Fernanda Martinez
Portuguese teacher
Bachelor’s in Portuguese language and literature (Unip). Celpe-Bras examiner. Holds a master’s degree in Architecture and urbanism (UnB).
Priscila Formiga
Portuguese teacher
Holds a master’s degree in Linguistics (UnB). Bachelor’s in Brazilian Portuguese as a second language teaching (UnB).
Eid Twal
English teacher
Teaches languages since the age of 16. 10 years of experience in the profession, polyglot, speaks 5 languages (Portuguese, English, French, Arabic and Spanish). Law school student (UnB), future tax lawyer.s
Sébastien Defais
French teacher
Native of France, with second mother tongue Spanish. French teacher (Alliance Française de Paris). Polyglot, speaks 4 languages fluently. Pilates and fitness teacher graduated in France.
JOURNEY
Our history
Vila Brasil was founded in 2012 as a Portuguese language school for foreigners in Brasília, created by women. Colleagues Ana Luíza Gabatteli and Ailana Cota, both Portuguese teachers for foreigners at the time, decided to face the challenge of opening the first school in Brasilia.
In the beginning, there were just over 10 students, mostly diplomats and embassies’ military attachés. Over the years, our mission has changed and today we see ourselves as a community where language is seen as an agent of social transformation.
All the experiences we promote reflect our mission to bring society together, welcoming and transforming them through language and culture, thus stimulating a more inclusive and more diverse communication.
Want to schedule a free trial lesson?
Here at Vila, you can have a free lesson in any language to get to know the teacher and his/her methodology before you decide to study with us. We just need to know which course you would like to take and your free time. It is as simple as that!
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