bio

• 23.05.03 mitla penha morato

  born
  20/01/1976 in Sao Paulo - Brazil

  studies
  1981 Pre-school and Kindergarden Escola Cuca
  1989 Grade School Colegio Palmares
  1992 High School Colegio Santa Cruz
  1999 University Architecture at FAU-USP Universidade de Sao Paulo
  2000 MA in Design Domus Academy - Milano, Italy

  loves
  Lorenzo Bustillos aka lorbus - in sep. 2002 I happily became Mrs. Bustillos!
  Fiona Bustillos aka fiona - in May 2005 I happily became mom!

  lives
  Milano, Italy - since jan 2000

  works
  Since feb 2001 I’ve been working at Lissoni Associati studio, from the architect-designer Piero Lissoni.

  sports
  I simply love to play soccer !
  I’m starting snowboard and squash!
  Well… I used to ride my bike to work everyday. After is was stolen for the third time, I decided to go by bus.

• 19.05.03 mitla?

  for those who might ask… YES, Mitla is my name!

  It came from the Aztec ruins of Mitla in Oaxaca, Mexico.
  The place was a ceremonial center initially dominated by the Zapotecs followed by the Mixtecs.

  Before going to USA in 1971 to do their master and doctorate studies, my parents spent a week in Mexico and visited Mitla. Even without knowing its meaning they decided that if they would have a daughter her name would be Mitla, because they simply loved both the place and the name.

  I first knew the meaning as “morning star”, when my high school history teacher told me. How lovely!
  Some years later I went on vacation to Mexico with my family. Of course Mitla was on our route… Then, visiting the place, for me and my parents surprise we discovered that the real meaning was “Place of the Dead”. wow…

  I’d rather be with the first meaning. But I can say that the second one could be useful to keep away unwanted conversation:
  “Mitla? What a beautiful name. What does that mean?”
  …

  More curiosities about my name?
  Well… as far as I know I have never met another Mitla before. (If you know some, please tell her to contact me right away!)

  There is a Mitla Pass at the Sinai Peninsula, near Suez Canal, that was strategically important to the Sinai Campaign during the Suez War 1956 between Israel and Egypt.

  I recently discovered that there is a far west Cartoon called Tex, created by the italian Giovanni Luigi Bonelli , in which the main character Tex Willer has an female enemy called… Mitla. She is a charming, fascinating, mysterious and dangerous… WITCH!

  pros
  -how many people besides the internet pioneers can have the domain myfirstname.com?

  cons
  -having to do the spelling not only by phone, but also face-to-face