Maria Picado

Concerned citizen, Educator/Teacher, Foodie, Job-seeker, Parent, Student, Writer/Editor

I was born in Portugal and raised there by a Spanish mother and a Portuguese father. I grew up speaking both languages and loving literature. I decided to move to Spain to work, study and spend time with my family around my 20s. Although it's right next to Portugal, there's a big cultural difference. After 9 years living there, I had learned so much that I wanted to do it again so I moved to the UK. I've been living in Manchester for 2 years and I'm in love with everything here. Well...not the weather. It's been a great experience and I've learned a lot about this fantastic country and its people. I can also speak basic French and I'm currently studying Greek.

Psychology, languages and literature.