![Juliano Saccomani](https://voices.uchicago.edu/vaeranda/files/2023/05/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-23-at-3.05.15-PM.jpeg)
Juliano Saccomani
Editor-in-chief
Juliano Saccomani was born and raised in the interior of the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. In 2012 he received a Fulbright scholarship to teach at the University of Georgia, from where he received his PhD in Portuguese and Spanish in 2020.
With a strong interest for the literature that can be found in newspapers and magazines, Juliano created Fala Aí at the University of Georgia, and is now the creator and editor-in-chief of Væranda at the University of Chicago.
![Nicolas Portugal](https://voices.uchicago.edu/vaeranda/files/2023/05/NPortugalHeadshot-2.png)
Nicolas Portugal
Editor for Francophone Content
Nico is the editor for the Francophone Language and Culture posts.
nportugal@uchicago.edu
![Ana Santis](https://voices.uchicago.edu/vaeranda/files/2020/09/ana.jpg)
Ana Santis
Columnist
Ana é professora de Língua Portuguesa em Piracicaba (São Paulo/Brasil). Já na infância entregava a que veio: sejam livros ou novelas, toda forma de leitura é válida. Cat lady e apaixonada por cordel, pela cultura nordestina e também por roller derby, ela se divide entre telinhas, telonas e páginas.
![Yasmin Obrownich](https://voices.uchicago.edu/vaeranda/files/2020/09/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-23-at-22.04.16.jpeg)
Yasmin Obrownich
Journalist Consultant
Yasmin Obrownich é uma jornalista assumidamente apaixonada por gatos, contos fantásticos e cultura em geral. Apreciando a arte desde sempre e procurando coisas novas todos os dias enquanto vive a vida em um pedacinho do interior paulista.