{"id":402,"date":"2025-04-03T10:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alessandromorais.com\/sobre-mi\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T11:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:53:01","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alessandromorais.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"402\" class=\"elementor elementor-402 elementor-227\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfded6a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfded6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90ff264 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"90ff264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d56e55 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d56e55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/alessandromorais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sobre-mi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-398\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alessandromorais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sobre-mi.jpg 372w, https:\/\/alessandromorais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sobre-mi-300x73.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0426e8a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0426e8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hello! I'm Alessandro Morais, a children's book illustrator with a great passion for bringing stories to life through art.  <\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093d3ab elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"093d3ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I studied Advertising and Illustration in Brazil, Ireland and Spain, where I also did a Master in Illustration. 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