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May 13, 2010
Brazil to Bangor
Eu não sou espanhol. Eu falo Português
“My
life is pretty boring. I need the PowerPoint projector. I have
some photos…”
Cintia Miranda found a projector from another meeting
room prior to her classification talk at Thursday’s
presentation. Those who heard her animated description of
her life that started in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (“Beautiful Horizon”) agreed that her life is
anything but boring.
During Brazil’s dictatorship regime in the 1960’s and 70’s, Cintia’s father lost his job
in 1979 that he had held for over 30 years. He could find no work. Cintia sold Avon
products when she was eight years old “because I was cute” (she showed a picture of her
at around that age). The family immigrated
to the United States, arriving in Quincy,
Massachusetts. Residents confused her
accent with Spanish. She explained that
while she could speak Spanish, her native
language is Portuguese.
Cintia helped her mother to sell
maternity clothes and she sold lemonade.
Entrepreneurship was already in her blood.
“I had never had Chinese food. I loved
it,” she said. Cintia worked for Dunkin’
Donuts for seven years. “I can’t stand
donuts today,” she said.
July Horan, Cintia Miranda
She lived in Quincy for 19 years. “I gave my self to
education,” she said. “When I arrived in the United
States I could say “hot dog” and “I love you” in English. She graduated from Quincy
High School.
To help pay for college tuition, she cleaned mansions on weekends. Owners paid in
cash, and Cintia graduated with no college debt. She graduated from the University of
Massachusetts, for which she holds high praise, with an undergraduate degree in business
management (GPA 3.8) and a graduate degree in marketing (GPA 3.92).
Her sister challenged her to take a math course that was more challenging than “math
for the dumb.” So, she enrolled in a calculus course that met in the university’s science
building. She met her husband-to-be in that class. “I didn’t do really well in calculus, but
I met the love of my life.”
Early work experience included an executive assistant position (“it’s really just a
secretary”) for a Vice President for Marketing at Cambridge College. The man was
demanding and Cintia didn’t particularly care for working for him, but, “I learned a
tremendous amount from him.”
Cintia worked in several other marketing and business positions until Hannaford
transferred her pharmacist husband to Millinocket. The family settled in Bangor, where
Cintia gives high marks to the Bangor school system. “My daughter is reading already. I
could not read at her age,” Cintia said.
Cintia founded Pulse Marketing in 2009 “because no one would hire me in Bangor.”
She also thanked Ben Haskell at the New England School of Communications for hiring
her to teach at the school.
Bem-vindo à Área de Bangor pequeno-almoço do Rotary Club, minha senhora.
The rest of the story
The President-Elect-Elect, Jay Muth, reminded us of the annual meeting scheduled
for Thursday night, June 17. You can eat breakfast at home that morning.
Steve Andrew described the behavior of the “authoritative parent,” differentiating
from the “authoritarian parent” described in last week’s opening salvo of parenting styles
that Steve is presenting in his health notes.
Ned Jennings, Wayne Woodford and Mischelle Adams paid the 4-Way Quartet to
croon the birthday tune. Greg Urban announced that this is National Nursing Home
Week. Judy Horan escaped from New Orleans arrest-free. She announced that Audry
Amman, from the Zanesville, Ohio TV market, will join WLBZ as News Center 2
MMJ/Anchor on June 3.
News from the just-concluded Bangor Regional Leadership Institute: Laura Cushing
was named president of her class that graduated last night. Jay Muth congratulated the
BRLI grads as he noted that he completes his term on the Institute’s Steering Committee.
Marie Hayden congratulated the grads, and announced that she will be taking a position
at the Eastern Maine Development Corporation. Husband Nick Hayden experienced his
first 1 a.m. “first tooth in baby.”
The Interact Leaders Club spaghetti dinner held last Saturday at Jeff’s Catering was a
huge success. The room was packed. Lisa Wahlstrom and Jodi Steele praised the
Interact members for their good work.
Nat Bond won and pocketed the weekly 50/50 drawing.
Les Myers- May 13, 2010