Her full name is Luíza Pessôa do Nascimento Andrade and she goes by Lulie. She was born on July 5, 2002, having recently celebrated her 16th birthday. Lulie arrived last Thursday, August 23rd, and will be at our meeting tomorrow. Please make a point of introducing yourself to her. Also, here are some interesting facts about Lulie or her home country, Brazil, that are bound to show up in a Rotary Minute Plus quiz -- very soon in fact.
• Lulie's father, Marcus, is a geophysicist, while her mother, Ana, teaches Portuguese. Lulie has one brother, Lucas, age 13.
• Lulie comes from Salvador, Brazil, in the province of Bahia.
• Brazil's population is just under 203 million people, 85% of which live in urban areas.
• Brazil hosted soccer's men's World Cup in 2014, and has the most world cups of all countries - five, having won in 1958, 1962, 1970, 194 and 2002.
• Brazil is the fifth largest country by area in the world.
• Brazilian independence was declared in 1822.