I spent one semester as a visiting scholar linked to the Human Development and Family Science Program at The Ohio State University, and it was such a wonderful experience! I had the opportunity to develop great work with my faculty sponsor, Professor Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, PhD. We discussed data pertaining to my dissertation, regarding co-parenting across the transition to parenthood in Brazilian families. In co-authorship with my PhD advisor in Brazil, Professor Piccinini, we wrote articles and presented posters in scientific events held at Ohio State, like the International Scholar Research Exposition and the Education and Human Ecology Student Research Forum (you can see Professor Schoppe-Sullivan and me in the picture at one of these events). 

Even before arriving at Ohio State, I felt very welcomed in my first contacts with Professor Schoppe-Sullivan and the Brazil Gateway's office. This feeling remained the whole time I spent there. The chance of engaging in events offered by the Office of International Affairs, such as the English Conversation Program, allowed me to meet friendly people from the United States and other countries, as well as to improve my English skills. Through these cross-cultural interactions encouraged by The Ohio State University, I changed my perspectives on the world. Likewise, the workshops sponsored by the Ohio Union Activities Board supported me in terms of career planning and academic growth.