Rodrigo Cardoso is the guest of an episode of the podcast "O Tal Podcast". Born and raised in Buraca, an area in Amadora, he grew up in a difficult family context that led him to seek in education a refuge and a way to escape from his circumstances.
According to his own account, he and his siblings were targets of a CPCJ intervention, the Commission for the Protection of Children and Youth, which highlights the vulnerability of the family situation during his childhood.
Education became the only space where Rodrigo Cardoso could take refuge from the difficulties he faced at home, revealing how the school and academic environment represented for him an opportunity for transformation and for building a different future.
The podcast episode explores Rodrigo Cardoso's life trajectory, showing how the challenging family circumstances drove him to find in learning an alternative path and a way to overcome the adversities experienced in Buraca.
