By Maurício Oliveira Photos: Reinaldo Borges
EDUCATION A CHAPEL SCHOOL THAT LEAVES A MARK STUDENT FOR 13 YEARS,
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BUSINESSWOMAN AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR FABI SAAD TELLS US HOW THIS EXPERIENCE WAS INSTRUMENTAL FOR HER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE
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ho would Fabiana Saad Niemeyer be if she hadn’t studied at Chapel School? “Certainly a very different person than I am today. I feel Chapel’s influence in all areas of my life,” says the social entrepreneur and multifaceted businesswoman – who, at age 36, has a series of achievements in various activities. Suffice it to say that it was at Chapel that Fabi met her husband, Felipe Niemeyer, her business partner, Natalie Feller, and several of her closest friends. It is also from her school days that she acquired her taste for sports, which continue to play an important role in her adult life. Enrolled from 1990 until 2002, from age five to 17, Fabi attributes several other aspects to her time at Chapel: daily use of the English language, the value of teamwork, the ability to express herself orally, dedication to continuous learning, the concern for participating in social projects, and the awareness of the importance of giving. A Growing Movement Fabi is the founder of the movement Mulheres Positivas, whose starting point was the column she wrote with Lelê Saddi on the “We Pick” website. After that, she released her first books: first came Empreendedoras. Coaching – Dicas de mulheres
