Fighting On from Rio de Janeiro

<p>The two of us decided to grab a falafel (yes, there are a bunch of Arabic restaurants in Brasil) during our one hour break before heading back to the school to practice Forr&oacute;.&nbsp;<strong>After some small talk, we discovered that we both graduated the same year from the University of Southern California.&nbsp;</strong>Regardless of our 40 something mutual friends on Facebook, the first time we ever interacted or met each other or even knew about each other&rsquo;s existence was at this Samba class in Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil on the other side of the world. After this revelation, we went back to Forr&oacute; class with our breath smelling of garlic and began our journey fighting on all over Rio de Janeiro.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@rayansharada/fighting-on-from-rio-de-janeiro-8b763a941f6b"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>