Biographie
Barbara Verlangieri Mendes Fava was born on August 16, 1990 in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. She studied Radio and TV at Faculdade Cásper Líbero. Since 2014, she has been attending the Célia Helena Theater School and is responsible for reporting in the Advanced Team, which produces specials for the station. While at Faculdade Cásper Líbero, she played in the percussion section for two years and developed various projects with the support of her teachers and the institution's infrastructure.
Additionally, in her second year, she participated in a selection process for TV Gazeta and began working on the production of the show Todo Seu, hosted by Ronnie Von.
She also gained experience in television at MTV, working on the show Furo MTV. After that, she returned to Fundação Casper Líbero as a production assistant for the program Impedidos, developed by the Creation Department for TV Gazeta.
"At the Department, we worked with fiction, which was really cool; I enjoyed it a lot. We had a lot of freedom, I met many extras and students, and I've always had that Gazeta - Cásper connection," she said.
In May 2015, Barbara began presenting a new series on TV Gazeta, Avenida Paulista. Each episode focuses on a section of Avenida Paulista, weaving together information, poetry, and historical records. For someone who arrived in São Paulo with her mother and found Paulista intimidating, presenting a series about the city's most famous avenue represents the realization of many dreams for this Cásperian, who continues to challenge herself. Follow the first episode of the series.
Before this, she worked on the series Amor Concreto (2014) and Extremos da Cidade (2014) for TV Gazeta.
In September 2015, she became a reporter and host for the new series Conectados on TV Gazeta. In eight thematic episodes, reporter Barbara showcases how the internet-over the last 20 years-has transformed relationships, connected generations, countries, and religions, while also highlighting the world's diversity, news, wars, and tragedies. The program's synopsis leaves a question hanging: how far will this technology take us? Questions that aim to seek understanding; "things that maybe even Google won't be able to help us with," they caution.
