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  • Mario Cantarini, Buenos Aires Resident Director

  • WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT BEING A RESIDENT DIRECTOR?
  • I am in contact with people who are willing to learn about my culture but who also teach me about their culture. The real exchange is between two cultures.
  • TELL US SOMETHING SURPRISING ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND.
  • My mother was one of the first women in Argentina who drove a car and she was Juan Peron's schoolmate.
  • WHAT IS ONE LITTLE-KNOWN FACT ABOUT BUENOS AIRES?
  • It has snowed in Buenos Aires twice, in 1918 and in 2007.
  • WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT BUSY WORKING WITH STUDENTS?
  • I sing in a choir at a Lutheran Danish Church in Buenos Aires. I swim every day at least 45 minutes and I do yoga.
  • Visit our Buenos Aires office website

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  • José Mostafá, Mendoza Resident Director

  • WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT BEING A RESIDENT DIRECTOR?
  • Being with the students, sharing and interacting with them, helping them getting to know my culture and my customs.
  • NAME A VISITOR "MUST-SEE" IN ARGENTINA.
  • San Rafael, the lake district in the south of the Mendoza province. This is where I was born!
  • WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE ARGENTINE AUTHOR?
  • I like many of them, but lately I've been reading Beatriz Sarlo because I enjoy her way of presenting cultural, political and sociological aspects of Argentina.
  • WHAT FOOD MAKES YOU HAPPY?
  • Filet mignon with ratatouille and crème brulée.
  • WHAT'S YOUR DREAM VACATION?
  • Morocco and the Mediterranean.
  • Visit our Mendoza resident office website
  • Visit José's page on our social network

 
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