Mariana Ramos came from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. She has been working as a Portuguese teacher at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies since September, 2019.

When COVID-19 broke out in China, foreign teachers and students were leaving here. However, she thought is safer to stay in Guangzhou, owning to its prevention measures, as well as cooperation with her colleagues and students. Now, they have a normal life inside campus.

In the coming new year, Mariana hopes to see everybody in a normal situation, "so that we could hug each other, have a drink with each other again and socialize."

Reporter|Hannah, Nan

Video| Zhang Ruilin, Alice

Script|Hannah

Editor|Keane, Wing, Jerry