About This Blog

This blog has many topics. Literature, life in the city and politics are big ones. You can find some of my passions in the passions directory. Every now and then I might dive deeper in one of the issues, but I’ll mostly leave the general topics open.

About Me

My name is Larissa Veloso and I’m a Brazilian Journalist turned into Canadian Data Analyst. “Ladislara” was the middle name of one of my great-grandmothers. I’ve appropriated it and it has been my identity online for more than a decade.

I was born and raised in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais (in the capital BH). In 2016 I immigrated to Canada and I currently live in Toronto with my cats Pesto and Sequel.

I’ve had a passion for writing since I was a kid and had many blogs over the years. Other than writing online, I decided to turn that passion into my career, became a full-time journalist and spent a decade working in newsrooms in Brazil.

I started on the radio, and moved on to all-news websites, magazines and newspapers. I also worked in the private and public sectors and in NGOS. My full portfolio (In Portuguese) can be found here.

It 2016, I decided to leave my journalism career and move to Canada. Adapting wasn’t easy and it took me a long time to find a new path. It was only in 2022 that I decided to try an old passion: data analysis and data visualization.

It has been an amazing journey into this new field, and I feel like I finally found my place in the Canadian job market.

I couldn’t quit my writing though. For someone who made a career out of writing in Portuguese, finding my voice in English was a long process as well. In this journey, I am fortunate enough to count on the support of my partner, Dru, who not only has been my most loyal admirer but also my content creation partner.

I occasionally post stories on Instagram with some short insights and data points.

During my life, I’ve also worked as a volunteer in a cat shelter, owned an online boutique to sell used clothes, opened an Etsy shop to sell budget templates, made some money pet-sitting elderly cats and created a project to explain the Constitution on the radio. I’m also currently an amateur Maracatu drummer because apparently, I can’t sit still. 😅

This is one in a long line of blogs and attempts to build my presence online as a content creator. Unlike the previous blogs, I decided that this one would be a personal blog, to write about all the things that keep circulating in my head. That’s why we have so many diverse topics, from politics to home decor.

This blog is as diverse as my life has been. I hope you enjoy it.