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I'm Professora Ju

The founder of BORA Portuguese

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Take a little piece of Brazil with you

This store was created to share Brazilian words, feelings, humor, and culture with the world — through simple objects that carry meaning.

Each item is inspired by expressions, emotions, and moments that are deeply Brazilian. When you buy something here, you’re not just buying a product — you’re taking home a small piece of Brazil, its warmth, its honesty, and its soul.

This project is constantly evolving, and I truly believe the best ideas come from connection.
So if you have suggestions, words, phrases, or products you’d love to see here, I’m always open to hearing from you.

Brazil is big, diverse, and full of stories — and this store is just one of them.

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Read & Listen

This space is dedicated to exploring Brazilian culture through curiosities, everyday topics, and real language.

Here, you’ll find blog posts about Brazil — its words, expressions, habits, and cultural details — along with the full transcripts of each podcast episode, so you can read while you listen.

This format helps you improve listening and reading skills at the same time, expand vocabulary, and better understand Brazilian culture in context.

Read, listen, and discover Brazil beyond translations.

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Words from My Students

"Professora Juliana is a professional and dedicated teacher who makes learning incredibly easy and enjoyable. Her teaching style is straightforward, and she explains everything in a way that just makes sense. She also brings a fun energy to the lessons, keeping you engaged throughout. If you’re looking for a tutor who can make learning both simple and enjoyable, I highly recommend Professora Juliana. She’s fantastic!"

— Luis G.
"I truly enjoy my lessons with Juliana! She is a fantastic teacher—always open, smiley, and encouraging. She creates her own materials, which makes the lessons engaging and well-structured. Time flies by during our sessions, and I always feel motivated to keep learning. Highly recommended for anyone looking to learn Portuguese 🤩"

— Katja
"Juliana is a wonderful, kind and supportive teacher. She designs classes for my pace, with my objectives in mind. Her classes and teaching method allows time for conversational practice as well as learning grammatical structure and vocabulary. I recommend her to anyone looking to study Brazilian Portugese!"

— Mark
"Juliana is great! She made it possible to reach already my first milestone - 'having small conversations and being able to describe my day and routines.' - all within just a few classes, which are authentic, fun and encouraging. I’m super happy with our progress. Thank you Ju :)"

— Maximilian
"Amazing teacher - love our lessons. Juliana is well prepared and she adapts our lessons and her teaching style to suit my needs. Her recent daily study plan has helped me and I've seen real progression in only a few weeks. Would highly recommend!"

- Alev
"Juliana is an amazing teacher! She is organized and always has a lesson planned. And she is patient, encouraging, and has a passion for teaching."

- Dan
"Juliana is an amazing teacher. She has an amazing understanding of what it’s like to learn a new language and is flexible to adjust to any interests that I bring up. She also spends time outside of our scheduled lessons to send me resources and to review homework. She’s amazing!"

- Mary
"Juliana is an amazing teacher. I truly enjoy our classes and conversations. She’s passionate, patient, and makes learning a pleasure. I highly recommend her!"

- Coline
"I can't recommend Juliana highly enough. Her approach to teaching Potugese is really well structured and organised yet delivered in a really personable and light way, including activities such as quizzes, making it very enjoyable to learn. The lessons fly by and already I feel huge progress being made due to Juliana. Juliana is engaging, enthusiastic and very patient and I would highly recommend her from my own personal experience of making real positive progress under her guidance. 10/10"

- Leandro
"Juliana is extremely kind and experienced tutor. She is able to help me balance my knowledge of Spanish with the new accents and vocabulary of Portuguese. She also is helping me understand the Brazilian culture, values, regions, and an itinerary for when I go. Highly recommend! ^^^this is an old comment! My experience in living in Brazil has been amazing because of Juliana. She has helped me immensely in understanding and being able to speak it. I can speak with strangers that I’m meeting in Brazil and am the only American in my hostel period. Great tutor highly recommend!"

- Sebastian
"A truly professional teacher, Juliana teaches Portuguese to Brazilian high school students who are trying to pass their college entrance exams. She makes her own lessons and materials (the highest quality I've seen), and has years of her own curriculum she can pull from to help you in any area where you may need it. She's well educated, well spoken, and you can tell she really enjoys being a language professor. Definitely a rising star on preply."

- Chris
"Juliana is probably the most professional teacher I've worked with on Preply. She shows up to every class with a clear lesson plan, specifically tailored to my needs. In my case, I speak Spanish, so she's helping me review the differences between Spanish and Portuguese, focusing on the areas where the two languages differ. She is punctual, professional, polite, and always prepared. Highly recommended."

- Michael
"Simply fantastic! Juliana follows a curriculum methodologicaly, ensuring progress, all the while she makes a super nice learning atmosphere. Could i give her 6/5 stars, i would! :D"

- Christian
"I have had the pleasure of learning Portuguese with Juliana, and I can confidently say that they are an exceptional educator. From day one, Juliana created a welcoming and supportive environment, making me feel comfortable and confident to learn at my own pace. Their teaching style is engaging, clear, and effective, always adapting lessons to match my learning needs. What sets Juliana apart is their genuine passion for the language and culture, which shines through in every lesson. I leave each session feeling more motivated and excited to continue my language journey. If you're looking for a dedicated, skilled, and inspiring Portuguese teacher, I highly recommend Juliana!"

- Rhea

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Read & Listen

"Juliana is great! She made it possible to reach already my first milestone - 'having small conversations and being able to describe my day and routines.' - all within just a few classes, which are authentic, fun and encouraging. I’m super happy with our progress. Thank you Ju :)"

"Amazing teacher - love our lessons. Juliana is well prepared and she adapts our lessons and her teaching style to suit my needs. Her recent daily study plan has helped me and I've seen real progression in only a few weeks. Would highly recommend!"

"Juliana is an amazing teacher! She is organized and always has a lesson planned. And she is patient, encouraging, and has a passion for teaching."

"Juliana is an amazing teacher. She has an amazing understanding of what it’s like to learn a new language and is flexible to adjust to any interests that I bring up. She also spends time outside of our scheduled lessons to send me resources and to review homework. She’s amazing!"

"Juliana is an amazing teacher. I truly enjoy our classes and conversations. She’s passionate, patient, and makes learning a pleasure. I highly recommend her!"

"Simply fantastic! Juliana follows a curriculum methodologicaly, ensuring progress, all the while she makes a super nice learning atmosphere. Could i give her 6/5 stars, i would! :D"

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