Regina Santos, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. She holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches.  She has also taught Portuguese for business purposes at the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Her research interest is on the Portuguese language, Brazilian Literature (Machado de Assis, Clarice Lispector, and Carlos Drummond de Andrade), and Fernando Pessoa, in addition to discussions on national identity and Brazilian popular culture. Regina has taught at the Portuguese School in Middlebury since its foundation in 2003. Regina likes to dance. She will be teaching Portuguese Level 2, a module on Brazilian Culture and Civilization, and she will be the Assistant Director of the Portuguese School.