Wilson Silva came to Ireland from Brazil in 2018
‘I can walk in the streets, not afraid. The vibe of Dublin city just leads me to feel very comfortable here’Wilson Silva, who moved from Brazil to Ireland: 'Being very honest, I prefer here. I feel very safe and secure.' Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Silva moved to São Paulo after graduating, and worked in IT and data analytics, and in sales with Getty Images where he got interested in photography and video, editing short wedding video clips. “I had a really tough situation” in one job, with homophobic harassment from a superior, and he quit. Many jobs he was looking at required a good standard of English, so he decided to improve his language skills.
But Covid struck and “changed our perspective on so many things”. Alone, far from family and close friends, and unable to travel, “I passed really tough moments, thinking multiple times what are you doing with your life? It doesn’t make any sense to stay in a place that I can’t speak the language properly. I can’t work at the thing that I’m really good at.”
Silva’s brother lives in Brasilia. They are always in touch. “My mom texts me every day.” He visited his parents last November, and took them to the coast. But life here is not easy. “Things are quite expensive. Rent, it’s tough. But I am in a better position than before. When I moved to here, I was alone. It was quite tough with the language. I was very shy. I was afraid of saying something wrong, so I preferred not to say. Nowadays, even though my English is not perfect, I can express myself, can make people understand me. I can ask for help if I have to.
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