She commutes from a village outside of Athens to the city for work. Since January, D’Alessandro has been living in Greece. “I’ve always had this close relationship to Brazil ever since I was little, but that meant that we never really traveled to other places,” D’Alessandro says. She also realized she wanted to travel more. There, she developed a love for nature and interest in environment, sustainability and social causes. She was born in New York City but spent many summers and Christmas holidays in Brazil where her Italian-Brazilian parents are from. “And I’m actually really happy that I did,” says D’Alessandro, a second-year student at Northeastern University. So when she saw an option to do a co-op in Greece at the Institute for Sustainable Development at the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), D’Alessandro seized the opportunity. Growing up surrounded by the concrete and asphalt of New York City, as well as the rich nature of Brazil, Helena D’Alessandro developed a strong interest in sustainability and environmental studies-and a love for traveling.
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