Born in Brazil Solange immigrated to and has lived in Portugal since 1990. She has degrees in Science and Psychology, and has been a Technical Director of Casa Seis for 18 years. She has worked for a project to fight against poverty for a population, mostly of African origin. She has worked with young girls, creating the “Youth on the Move” group, which developed volunteer activities within the community, encouraging activities with children, and organized a group of volunteers who cared for small children while the mothers attended literacy classes, developing school support and leisure activities for children and young people at times opposed to school.
Solange Aquino, Portugal