Pamela R Haynes

About the Author Aurea Wanuza Marques Reis, is the author full name. Friends and family address her as ‘Wanuza’, but professionally she prefers to be addressed as ‘Aurea.’ In the book healing Letters you can notice both names being used. The author was born in Luanda (Angola) and permanently moved to Portugal in 1992 when she was eleven years old, due to the Civil War. Since 1997, she has not gone back to Angola. Therefore, there is not much she remember from her birth country. She embraces both countries as her backgrounds. One saw her born and the other saw her grow up; together they built and shaped her personality The author is now 39 years old and moved to UK in 2008 when recession hit Portugal hard. She is a single mother of a 10-year-old boy. Aurea as graduated by the University College Birmingham in Tourism Business Management. She worked in the area for 6 years until she was made redundant due to COVID-19. Currently, the author is pursuing a career as a Care Worker because while writing this book she