C O N T A C T

+351 939554698
MARIA COLUMBINA COSTA columbinacosta@hotmail.com

Vila Real de Santo António,

Algarve, Portugal

S U M M A R Y

Around 30 years of experience in teaching, own teaching methods and a true belief in a more
humane, positive, and inclusive way of learning.
Major Interests: Meditation; Holistic approach to the Human Being; Self Knowledge; Quantum
Physics; Psychology and Study of the Human Mind and Behaviour; Vision of life under new
Paradigms, based on Compassion, Non -violent Communication, Attentive Listening, Empathy,
Respect for Life, for the Earth and for all Beings .
Study in general. Learn, Research, take Courses, deepen everything that interests me .
Art as a Passion. Fitness and Healthy Lifestyle, Vegan Food , Animals, Nature, and Cycling.

E X P E R I E N C E

High School Art Teacher

Ministry of Education | Vila Real de Santo Antóni o, Algarve -
Portugal | September 1995 - Current

• Main Disciplines: Materials and Techniques of Plastic

Expression; Design Theory; Painting Technologies; Drawing;
General Arts Workshops; Sculpture and Artistic Project.
• Main Assigned Positions: Project and Exhibition Coordinator;
General Coordinator of Mur al Painting Projects in exchange
programs with European Schools; Visual Arts Group
Coordinator; Class Director; Art Facilities Director; Jury of
the "1st and 2nd Drawing Exhibition" contest organized by
Vicente Campinas Municipal Library; Classifier of National
Exams in the discipline "Drawing A".
• Other Relevant Positions: Responsible for preparing Arts
students for admission exams to the Universities of Arts and
Architecture; Teacher Trainer, in training courses in Drawing
and Painting (2 Years).
S K I L L S
• Main Motivations:
• Creation of positive educational atmosphere to • Coaching and Mentoring
promote students' learning • Creative Thinking
• Development and implementation of skill -building • Positive Reinforcement
activities to develop students' abilities • Dedicated
• Encouragement of student creativity with motivation, • Great sense of Aesthetics
positive feedback, and constructive criticism • Organized and Methodical
• Creation of teaching methods and innovative learning • Great Motivational ability
environment to catch students’ attention and love for • Perseverance
• Calm Under Pressure
Arts, believing in themselves and in their potential
• Parent and Guardian
Communication
Portraitist L A N G U A G E S
Self-Employer | Vila Real de Santo António, Algarve - Portugal
| 1993 - Current Portuguese: First Language

• Use of a variety of materials, including pencil, charcoal, English:

acrylics, oil-based paint, and pastels to create unique B2 - Intermediate
paintings
Spanish:
A2 - Beginner
Tattoo Artist
Body Art Studio | Monte Gordo, Algarve - Portugal | 2001 -
2002

A D D I T I O N A L
• Tattoo and Body Piercing
I N F O R M A T I O N
• Development of custom tattoo designs for costumers
• Plastic Arts Contestant at
Professional Internship Barata Gallery - Lisbon,
UAlg | Algarve University | Faro, Algarve - Portugal | 1997 - Portugal
1998 • Painting Contestant at Banif
Bank - Lisbon, Portugal
• Professional Internship in Didactics, Sociology, Pedagogy • Sale of Author Works through
Y Grego Gallery - Lisbon,
and Cognitive and Behavioural Development
Portugal
• Sale of Author Works through
Fine Arts Teacher
Quadrado Azul Gallery -
Self-Employer |Évora, Alentejo - Portugal | 1995
Lisbon, Portugal
• Solo Exhibition at Évora
• Drawing and Painting Teacher University, Portugal
• Teaching groups up to 10 students providing individual • Collective Exhibition at
support ANAPP - National Association
of Portuguese Plastic Artists -
Fine Arts Teacher Lisbon, Portugal
UTL - Universidade dos Tempos Livres | Vila Real de Santo
António, Algarve - Portugal | 1993 - 1994

• Drawing and Painting Teacher

P A R A L L E L
E D U C A T I O N A N D
I N T E R E S T S
Arts Teacher
Centro Cultural Itaipú | Foz do Iguazu, Paraná - Brazil | 1992 Course and Meditation Retreat
Vipassana, Portugal
• Drawing and Painting Teacher 2006/ 2015/ 2017

Arts Teacher Online Workshop “Longevity

COART - Art Cooperative | Foz do Iguazu, Paraná - Brazil | Week”
1992 Puravida Academy, Brazil
• “Longevity Week”, five pillars
for a Healthy, Conscious and
• Drawing and Painting Teacher
Meaningful Life
2017
Individual Drawing and Painting P ortfolio
Self-Employer | Vila Real de Santo António, Algarve - Portugal
Course and Silence Retreat/
Satsang
• Individual Drawing and Painting Portfolio with appreciation Mooji Spiritual Teacher , Portugal
and criticism by Portuguese Plastic Artists: Júlio Pomar and 2018
René Bértholo and Brazilian Engraver Arthur Luiz Piz a
E D U C A T I O N A N D T R A I N I N G Online Courses
Sofia de Assunção Health Coach ,
Graduate Degree Portugal
Sculpture Techniques with Specialization i n Resins • Self-knowledge Course
EMBAP - Paraná School of Music and Fine Arts, Curitiba - Brazil “Academia do Eu” (Me
December 1991 Academy”)
• Work with a Purpose Course
Degree 2018
Painting
EMBAP - Paraná School of Music and Fine Arts, Curitiba - Brazil DGERT Professional Certification:
December 1990 Master Health Coach
Health Coach and Ayurvedic
Medicine Course
Interior Design and Lighting Course
Yoga Lounge Portugal, Lisboa
Tuiuti University of Paraná, Curitiba - Brazil
2018

Drawing Techniques
Make the Kitchen A Pharmacy
Brazilian Artist Atelier , Curitiba - Brazil Eat2Care, Portugal
2019
• Atelier of the Brazilian Artist Luís Carlos Andrade de Lima
Course and Immersion
Serigraphy and Lithography Course Experience/ Satsang
Solar do Barão - Cultural Foundation of Curit iba, Curitiba - Mooji Spiritual Teacher, Monte
Brazil Sahaja, Portugal
2019
Engraving Techniques with Woodcut Specialization
EMBAP - Paraná School of Music and Fine Arts, Curitiba - Brazil Nonviolent Communication
Online Training Course
Marshall Rosenberg , EUA
Ceramics and Terracotta Sculpture Course
2019
São Lourenço Cultural Centre, Curitiba - Brazil

Online Courses/ Retreats

Batik Painting with Waxes C ourse
Mooji Spiritual Teacher , Portugal
São Lourenço Cultural Centre, Curitiba - Brazil 2019/ 2020/ 2021

Layout and Final Art A pplied to Advertising Online Course/ Immersion

Brazilian Publicist Atelier, Curitiba - Brazil Escola do Fluxo, Self -knowledge
School, Brazil
Participation in Seminars and Workshops • Deep Meditation and
EMBAP - Paraná School of Music and Fine Arts, Curitiba - Brazil Breathing Technique -
Breathwork
• Participation in Aesthetics and Semiotics Seminar 2020
• Participation in Contemporary Art Seminar
“A Course in Miracles” Online
• Participation in “Brazilianity” in Art Seminar
Course
• Participation in Illustration Workshop
Cintia Albuquerque , Brazil
• Mind Deconditioning and
Tattoo and Piercing Course
Paradigm shift
Alkimia Studio, Madrid - Spain
2021 - Current

Illustration Workshop Workshop “H ealthy Weight Loss

Vicente Campinas Municipal Library, Vila Real de Santo Marathon”
António - Portugal Dr. Rodrigo Ayoub, Brazil
• Orthomolecular Medicine
Photoshop Workshop 2022
High School of Vila Real de Santo António - Portugal
MARIA COLUMBINA COSTA

M O T I V A T I O N L E T T E R

Hello!

My name is Columbina Costa, and I am irrevocably in love, surrendered and delighted with your
project of education and development of the human being in a holistic way, created to integrate
and recreate a new world .

Integral, compassionate, plural project, where the Being is unique and complete in body, mind
and spirit and is part of nature and nature is part of him. A New Being, a new consciousness,
working for the who le and with the whole.

This project is beautiful, profound, innovative, peaceful ! A dream come true. I feel that I
completely fit in with your proposal and your values. That I am all that too, that I am part of this
dream. I think that I have never felt integrated into the world as it is , in which man rules over man,
over all beings, over nature, over life . Who holds in his hands the power and destiny of everything
and everyone, to use, prey on and destroy, only for his benefit? As if everything was given to him
for his personal use, power, and greed.

I am like an outsider in a syste m where numbers prevail, empty success, competition.

Your project is, in my point of view, the embryo of a “New World” of belonging, unity, integration,
respect, justice, equanimity, responsibility, joy, knowledge and peace. From this new paradigm,
only whole and integral Human Beings can result, full in all their abilities and gifts , respected and
respectful people, who will undoubtedly have the tools to build a new reality, in which we are all
part of the same cycle, the cycle of life.

I feel that I am perfect to take on this challenge, both because of my qualifications and
experience, as well as my convictions and values.
I know that I have a lot to give of wha t I know and what I am, and I know that I have a lot to learn
and evolve with you.

This world perspective fascinates me, giving everything that I have, teaching everything I know,
helping others to walk and evolve and at the same time learn everything you have to teach me,
so that I never stop evolving too.

Only in this way can I conceive of life and our true role in the whole, being the hand that pulls
what comes behind, while we are supported by hands that have already travelled the path. We
are all part of everything. This is the only way to build the future.

I would love to have the opportunity to collaborate with you.

I am attaching my curriculum vitae, and for more information or clarification, all my contacts are
included in the curriculum.

Best Regards,

Columbina Costa

Thank you for your attention!