About
I am Nanda Santoro, Brazilian and Canadian, born in São Paulo, SP, Brazil, with great pride.
Like my paternal grandparents who emigrated from Syria to Brazil and my maternal great-grandparents from Italy, I also ventured into the world and today I live in Canada.
I have two children, two incredible boys, who challenge me to be better and to reinvent myself. Here. Now. Every day.
ARTIST
I graduated in the first class of Architecture and Urbanism at FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1994. It broadened my perspective, my horizons, my way of living.
I graduated in Acting from Célia Helena Center of Arts and Education, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1997. It deepened my listening, my expressions, my way of loving.
I took the Art Teacher Training Course at Centro Universitário Belas Artes, São Paulo, SP, in 1999.
MOM
AND
DOULA
With the birth of my two boys, one in Brazil in 2011 and one in Canada in 2014, I was touched and inspired to work within the Perinatal Universe.
I completed my childbirth doula training in 2013 and my postpartum doula training in 2020 through DONA International in Calgary, Alberta, where we live.
I was very happy to receive my childbirth doula certification, CD(DONA), in 2017 and my postpartum doula certification, PCD(DONA), in 2023.
PERINATAL
EDUCATOR
My experience as a doula motivated me to delve into Perinatal Education. I received the Dancing For Birth™ certification - childbirth preparation through movement, in 2020.
I had already been drawn to Yoga through training at UniFMU/Marcos Rojo/Palas Athena/The Lonavla Yoga Institute in 2002, so I expanded my practice in the Prenatal Yoga Course at Awakened Spirit Yoga in 2020.
I specialized in Perinatal Psychology and Psychopathology at Sedes Sapientiae/Projeto Canguru in 2021. The following year, I was the class monitor.
I trained in Perinatal Education at Birthing from Within in 2022 and 2023.
I combine elements of all these studies in PassoAoParto courses and workshops.