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Brazil → Sicily

Any
Medola

Front-end developer. Incurable traveler. Writer in the making. All in the same woman.

I've been building interfaces for 5+ years — and collecting sunsets, time zones and chapters of a book I'm yet to write.

Any na Sicília

About me

Brazilian by birth, Sicilian by sunset. Three years ago I claimed my Italian citizenship and crossed an ocean to make the Mediterranean my time zone.

I was born in Brazil with a thirst for the world no map could satisfy. Three years ago I claimed my Italian citizenship, packed my bags and moved to Sicily — not Milan, as my old résumé kept insisting. My time zone is the Mediterranean now, and the golden late-afternoon light has become part of who I am.

I'm a Leo through and through: I love forging my own path, helping the people beside me, and being recognized for who I truly am — not just the developer who delivers, but the woman who travels, writes, reads, plays music and turns life into a collection of stories.

5+
years in front-end
3
countries lived & worked
5
languages spoken

Experience

Five years building on the web

Senior Front-End Developer
Aug 2023 — present
Capgemini · Remote

Senior Front-End Developer

I lead the front-end of a large-scale streaming platform for the Portuguese Ministry of Health. React, Next.js and TypeScript, with reusable MUI components — also acting as UI/UX designer and building the Figma prototypes from inception.

Sep 2022 — Aug 2023
Ambisig · Remote

Front-End Developer

I built complex applications for government systems for traffic management and environmental monitoring. Responsive layouts, data-driven UI and UX refinement cycles at government scale.

Feb — Sep 2022
S2 Pets · Remote

Front-End Developer

I built mobile and web features with Ionic, Angular and Firebase for the MEUPET app — including a geolocation-based lost & found feature and a BMI calculator.

2018 — 2022
Early career

Web Developer

Web and mobile projects with PHP, JavaScript, Ionic and Angular — building solid foundations in systems analysis, databases and interface development.

Toolkit

The stacks I work with

Front-end
  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Ionic
Styling & UI
  • Tailwind
  • MUI
  • Styled Components
  • shadcn/ui
  • Kendo UI
State & Data
  • React Query
  • Redux
  • REST API
Quality & Collab
  • Jest
  • ESLint
  • GitLab
  • Azure
  • Figma
Capgemini · Lead FE

Streaming platform — Portugal Health

Large-scale platform for the Portuguese Ministry of Health. Front-end lead in React/Next.js/TypeScript, MUI design system and Figma prototypes.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptWebRTCFigma
Ambisig · Front-end

Government systems

Traffic management and environmental monitoring for the public sector. Data-driven UI, responsive layouts and UX refinement at national scale.

React / Next.jsReduxIonic
S2 Pets · Mobile

MEUPET — pet app

Mobile app in Ionic + Angular + Firebase. Geolocation-based lost & found and a BMI calculator for pets.

IonicAngularFirebase

Creativity + Code

More than code: design and sensibility

Years of building interfaces took me beyond code. The same creative curiosity that makes me write and travel led me to Figma and design — and gave me a rare sensibility for what people want to see, feel and solve.

The user's eyes

I see the product through the user's eyes — behavior, experience and meaning before the pixel.

From problem to solution

Design that solves, not just decorates. Every screen exists to clear an obstacle from someone's path.

A bridge between worlds

I translate ideas between design, product and engineering — because I move naturally between logic and creativity.

What I create

Design & UI

Prototypes and interfaces in Figma, built around the people who use them.

Travel · @anyemedola

Videos and photos from my travels around the world.

Unboxings & reviews

Books that marked me, opened and told on video.

Expat · @anyinsicily

Content in English and Italian about starting over on an island.

The woman behind the code

A Leo sun with a Leo rising — someone who longs to help people, yet needs to carve her own path and be recognized for who she truly is.

I don't take the stars too seriously — but I like what they whisper about me. This year is a quiet one: a chapter of study, intuition and getting ready for what comes next.

Life Path 9
humanitarian & inspiring
Destiny 6
to care & harmonize
Soul Urge 1
independence & leadership
Year 7 · 2026
study & intuition

Travel journal

The places I collected

Every sunset is a stamp in the passport of the soul. I share the routes, the tips and the mishaps with whoever travels with me — come along.

Travel with me

Travel with me

In my WhatsApp group I share travel tips, itineraries, experiences and the mishaps no one tells you about. Come collect sunsets with me.

@anyinsicily

Expat life on the island

On @anyinsicily I share, in English and Italian, what it's like to be a Brazilian building a life in Sicily — the bureaucracy, the beauty, the food, the small wins of starting over in a new country. It's the Any who helps those dreaming of the same path.

Follow on Instagram
Any no Al Gradino, Ragusa Ibla

From the notebook

A blog & a book, in the making.

I've always written to make sense of moving. The blog is where the essays live between trips; the book is the longer story of leaving Brazil, reclaiming Italy, and learning that home is something you carry, not somewhere you land.

Read the latest essay
Essay · Book

Inteira

On becoming whole — the woman who wants to help others but first had to build her own way and be seen for who she really is.

Travel diary

Getting around Sicily

Real routes, transport and mobility apps for the places guidebooks — and Rome2Rio — quietly skip.

Let's create something

Call me.

Full-remote roles in Europe or LATAM, freelance, content partnerships, or just a good chat about code, travel and books — I'm one click away.