It's not a case study. It's the result of my 29 years of living, laughing, crying, and sharing the experience with my community. I was born in Rio de Janeiro, a middle-class nomad family. We never had financial study and lived through economic ups and downs. From Ipanema to Squatts, I always considered myself someone that doesn't belong to any social class. Too poor to be middle class and too privileged to be part of the low-income class. When I was young, I remember being the ...