B.S. in Social Communication with major on Editorial Production and Graphic Design from Anhembi Morumbi University. For the past 12 years Angela has been developing projects on graphic and promotional communication. She’s been part of CiaEco’s team since its foundation and today she’s responsible for the website layout and updating, newsletter conception and for printed and promotional materials. On her free time, she practices swimming, plays volleyball, enjoys long walks, and of course, loves traveling! She has travelled to several destinations in Brazil such as Bonito, Chapada Diamantina, Caraça, Delta do Parnaíba, Florianópolis, Ibitipoca, Ilha de Boipeba, Ilha do Cardoso, Ilha do Mel, Ilha Grande, Itatiaia, Jalapão, Jericoacoara, Lençóis Maranhenses, Monte Verde, PETAR, Salvador, Serra da Bocaina, Serra da Canastra, Serra dos Órgãos and all Northeastern coastline. In South America, she’s also visited Macho Picchu, Lake Titikaka, Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia, Pocón, La Paz, Buenos Aires and Santiago del Chile.

Contact: angela.alves@ciaeco.tur.br

With a Computer Science Degree, Angela has been developing finance management projects for the past 8 years. She’s our administrative and finance assistant and is also responsible for the net security. She loves snowboarding, wakeboarding, practicing capoeira and diving. She has been to places such as Chapelco, Las Leñas, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Termas de Chillán, Valle Nevado, Portillo, Ciudad de Mexico, Cancun, Cozumel, Yucatan Peninsula, Foz do Iguaçu, among others.

Contact: angela.santiago@ciaeco.tur.br

Andrea works in the tourism field since 1999, when she got her B.S. in Tourism from Ibero-Americano University. She has been to several ecological destinations in Brazil and abroad such as the Reserve of Mamirauá, at the state of Amazonas, Belém, Ilha do Marajó, Alter do Chão, Chapadas dos Veadeiros e Diamantina, Bonito, Praia do Rosa, Salar do Uyuni, Desert of Atacama and New Zeland. At CiaEco, gives travel consultancy for tours to Central and Noth Amercia, Antartida, Africa, Asia and Oceania. She speaks both Portuguese and English fluently.

Contact: andrea@ciaeco.tur.br

B.S. in Tourism from University of São Paulo, class of 2005, she´s fluent both in Spanish and English. She first started working with Tourism while she was at University, at the Tourism Nucleus, in 2005. She continued exploring, and worked with events management, consultancy, and got involved with academic market researches. As an admirer and lover of Nature, she knows several destinations in Brazil, such as Gramado and Canela; Serra Geral National Park; Serra do Rio do Rastro; Guarda do Embaú; Juréia – Itatins Ecological Station; Serra do Mar State Park; São Luís do Paraitinga; Paraty; Petrópolis; Itaúnas, Chapada Diamantina and Bahia´s seaside; Pipa and Ponta Negra. She´s also been abroad, and had the chance to visit Spain, México, Costa Rica and Machu Picchu. Fatima is always aware of cultural and artistic activities and does handicrafts with typical Brazilian seeds and gems. At CiaEco, she deals with costumer’s attention and is a travel consultant for National destinies. She´s now dedicating herself for the study of destinies in South America, in order to become an expert on it!

Contact: fatima@ciaeco.tur.br

“The practice of activities while surrounded by nature renovates the body and the soul, therefore maintain silence for a few moments and inhale the best that mother nature has to offer us.”

Hayla holds a associate degree in tourism from the Colégio Singular and a B.S. degree in tourism from the Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, class of 2006. She works in the field since 2004, as has also spent some time working in the fields of air transportation, child recreation, and leisure trips management, with a focus on ecotourism. She is fascinated with suspense and spiritual literature, loves museums, art exhibits, theater, movies, in summary, everything related to culture. She has practiced capoeira, and today she dedicates herself to boxing as a physical activity to help her relax from the day-to-day routine. She is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, and is working at the moment on improving her English. Hayla loves to travel, and has already come to know Brazilian destinations such as Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, Penedo, Paraty, and PETAR; and throughout the world, she has traveled to San Martin de los Andes, Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Cuzco, the marvelous ruins Machu Picchu and the Titicaca Lake. At CiaEco she is a travel consultant specialized in the ecological destinations with the whole of South America , Canada , and Antarctica .

Contact: hayla@ciaeco.tur.br

She is currently in her fourth year as a Tourism major at Universidade Paulista, studies English, and already has work experience in a tourism and events agency, as well as in the field of recreational activities. She loves to be in contact with the sea and nature. To run at a beach is one of her greatest passions! Whenever possible, she practices sports such as rafting, kayaking, and hiking. She enjoys going to the theater and dancing, practices swimming, goes to the gym to relax, and she plans to learn how to surf in the near future. She has been to some destinations and natural reserves such as Pouso da Cajaíba, Rio Grande do Norte, São Luiz do Paraitinga, Brotas, Itirapina, Paranapiacaba, São Bento do Sapucaí, and Paraty. At CiaEco she is responsible for updating the travel plans and pictures in the website.

Contact: isis@ciaeco.tur.br

B.S. in Tourism from the University of São Paulo, class of 2005, she worked in the hospitality field for almost four years and then to ecotourism at the end of 2006. She speaks both Portuguese and English and has been to destinations such as Serra da Bocaina, Brotas, Ilha Grande, Paraty, Chapada dos Veadeiros, and Machu Picchu . She loves the sea, the music of Minas Gerais, and, whenever possible, she practices extreme sports. At CiaEco, she has fulfilled the role of consultant for national and South American travels and, currently, works as marketing assistant.

Contact: mariana@ciaeco.tur.br

NATALIE MENDES

“Traveling is much more than to discover marvelous sceneries. Traveling is a unique opportunity to experience different and rich cultures, to overcome new challenges, and to get to know different ways to see and understand the world, and from that point, understand oneself.”

Natalie holds a B.S. degree in tourism from the Escola Superior de Turismo of Puc Minas, class of 2000. She has already worked at agencies and operators of different areas, such as corporative VIP tourism and incentive trips. Nevertheless, her greatest passions is ecotourism, an area in which she works in since 2003. She speaks English and personally knows many destinations in Brazil, such as Lençóis Maranhenses, Delta do Parnaíba, Jericoacoara, Amazônia, Belém, Alter do Chão, Florianópolis e Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, on top of the majority of the state capitals of the northeast region of Brazil, and destinations international China, Patagônia Argentina e Patagônia Chilena. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and get to know new destinations. At CiaEco, she is a national and international travels consultant, with a focus on South America, in addition to being responsible for international customer service.

Contact: natalie@ciaeco.tur.br

Thida holds an associate's degree from SENAC, works in the Ecotourism field since 1994, and has had experience in the operational and administrative sectors as well. She has traversed the adventurous trails of Jalapão, plunged in the majestic waterfalls of the Chapadas of Veadeiros and Diamantina, explored a tiny portion of the magical Amazon forest, on top of have already been awed with the ecosystems of Bonito, Pantanal and the Lençóis Maranhenses. Within South America, she has been to Peru and the impressive ruins of Machu Picchu. During her free time, she loves to stroll in nearby parks, go to the movies and the theater with the friends she lives with, practice Biodanza and reading fiction, spiritual, and poetry books. Today, Thida is a national and international travels consultant, with a specialty in Latin American destinations.

Contact: thida@ciaeco.tur.br

B.S. in Tourism from the São Judas Tadeu University, she has been in the travel and tourism business since 2003 and has been focusing in the administrative-financial field since 2005. Whenever she is able, she tries to leave the city for activities in the wild, specially short hikes. She is a board member of a choir, enjoys jigsaw puzzles a lot, and likes to relax reading a good adventure or romance book. Among her future plans are resuming her English language studies and taking gastronomy classes. In Brazil, she has been to touristic destinations such as PETAR, Serra da Mantiqueira, Recife e Porto de Galinhas, Natal, Salvador and Costa do Sauípe. Within CiaEco she works as assistant manager.

A child education graduate, but a passion for traveling attracted her to the Ecoturism field in 1994. In her search for knowledge about different cultures, she lived in Germany and Peru. Her contact with this new field started with short hikes through the Mata Atlântica, and later developed further with more intense experiences, such as Itatiaia, Travessia na Ilha Grande, Pico da Bandeira, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Bonito, Pantanal, Chapada Diamantina, Ilha da Páscoa, the Inca Trail, Bolivia, Trekking at Aconcágua, Siena, Florence, Ski Süd Tirol (Austria), Prague, Colombia and India. In her free time, she likes to seek information on the history of different regions of the world and, at Cia Eco, she is an international travels consultant, specialized in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Europe.

Contact: yary@ciaeco.tur.br