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Me trying to look cute
Hello everyone! My name is Joshua Abreu and I'm a Junior at Rhode Island College. I'm majoring in World Language Education with a Concentration in Portuguese and minoring in Spanish. I live in East Providence with three siblings (one older and two younger)and my parents. My family is very tight-knit and close since all of my siblings and I are close in age and we were homeschooled at the same point. Furthermore, we were forced to get along since we couldn't get away from each other.
My parents immigrated to the states from Portugal with all of my grandparents and they began a new life here. Essentially, my siblings and I are first-generation Americans, but we've always identified ourselves as "Portuguese people who were just born in the wrong country". Basically, what I'm trying to say is that I'm used to there always being Caldo Verde in the fridge and having my house decorated with countless Galos de Barcelos.
Galo de Barcelos
I grew up speaking Portuguese at home, but over time my family made a switch to speaking in English instead. Since I never spoke Portuguese anymore, I began to forget it and it became increasingly difficult even when I wanted to speak in it. I decided to study abroad in Portugal because I wanted to experience first-hand the culture and language that my family is from and better my Portuguese so I can become more qualified to teach it. Also, the pride that my grandparents have of my "returning to the homeland" is always a plus.

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