CreativeMornings Lisbon is about community. We believe that speakers are equally important as volunteers, audience and venue.

Today we are introducing you one of our community members. Beatriz Canas Mendes, a constant presence on our events since February.

Beatriz Canas Mendes came for the first time to a CreativeMornings Lisbon event in February. She decided to come once sge saw we were having  Rita da Nova as our February speaker. Since then, she never missed a single event. Every month you can see Beatriz seating on a front row, taking notes or talking with people with an enthusiasm that made us want to get to know her.

Beatriz is a Portuguese teacher for foreign people. She does private classes and organizes workshops for groups. Creativity is an important skill on her job, as she is always looking for new ways to reach her students goals and ways to make it easier for them to understand and learn such a complex language as Portuguese.

Author of the blog “Procrastinar também é viver”, lately, she was feeling the need of connection. Being a very social person, Beatriz was finding harder to connect with like-minded people. She was even feeling disappointed as the post-graduation she is doing did not meet her expectations in that field. That was what kept her coming every month. At CreativeMornings, or so she tells, she realized this lack of connections was not a personal issue but rather a matter of looking for it at the right place. For her, CreativeMornings represents a safe place to talk to others, exchange ideas and learn new things.

Outside CreativeMornings, Beatriz is an only child, grandchild and niece. One of a kind, we would say.

For breakfast she normally eats “Nestum com Bolacha Maria” or toast with milk shakes.

We couldn’t be more thrilled to learn the impact CreativeMornings Lisbon can have on people’s lives. Beatriz, Thanks for keeping coming and make our community such a special one.

Text written by Elisa Baltazar

Photos by Irina Koronova