Geovana Ayori Hayashi
Born in Maringa, Paraná, Brazil in 1995. Moved to Japan when he was one and a half years old and grew up in Japan until he graduated from university. Since April 2018, he has been living in Iboti, Rio Grande do Sul, where his grandmother lives, to study Portuguese.
(Updated April 2019)
Stories from This Author
My Determination as a Third-Generation Japanese American - Part 2
June 4, 2019 • Geovana Ayori Hayashi
Read Part 1 >> My parents who struggled to raise me in Japan However, my parents have worked harder than I could have ever imagined, and they raised my sister and I well in a country where we barely spoke the language. My mother never hid the fact that she was Brazilian. She took on the role of PTA officer at elementary and junior high school, something even Japanese people dislike, and completed the task. My mother always said at …
My Determination as a Third Generation Japanese American - Part 1
June 3, 2019 • Geovana Ayori Hayashi
I decided to come to Brazil when I was in my fourth year of university and looking for a job. Before that, I had been aiming to become a teacher. However, when I went on my teaching practice in May of my fourth year, I experienced firsthand how difficult and challenging the job of a teacher is, and I felt that it was not suited to me at that time, so I gave up on that path. Then I began …
