Other than learning a new language, the other difficulty she has encountered since leaving Brazil has been moving away from the people she loves. It was a hard nine months, but now I think I’ve found my way.” A few months ago, I would never have been able to talk to other people, so I’m so happy for that. That commitment is beginning to pay off, she believes. She went to school from Monday to Friday and then worked in public-facing jobs to continue to work on the language, as well as to earn money to allow her to live comfortably. When Mira first moved here, her biggest priority was learning English. This is a major difference to life in Ireland, she says, where it is easier to have a “really good life”, if you work hard. You have basic things, but to have good things, you need to work more.”
Whatever you are doing, you need to work hard. It’s not a rich life, but a basic one, because it’s an expensive country. “We usually work there for 10 hours all day, just to have a basic life. It was a hard nine months, but now I think I’ve found my way
You really have to work, work really hard,” she says.Ī few months ago, I would never have been able to talk to other people, so I’m so happy for that. “Brazil, I think, is busy because you can’t just have your things. The special people are not here with me, so I think that was the first big challenge.' Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Mariela Mira on life in Ireland: 'When I needed to cry, I didn’t have my friends, I didn’t have my family.
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