#26 🇧🇷 Passionate Music Producer, Technology Tinkerer, Evolving Empathy - Daniel Leite (4K

Today’s guest is from the iconic city of Rio De Janeiro. When this episode was recorded in December 2023, this person had just graduated with their Computer Science major and Data Science minor. In this conversation we talk about the factors the swayed this person to studying abroad in America, how they came across Augustana, Adjusting to the new culture both right away but also many years later, Computer Science classes, Starting a clothing brand, taking classes from the New multimedia and entrepreneurship major, their future in music… and much more. I’m super glad I was able to reconnect with this person on the podcast. It’s a fun dynamic catching up after a few years very quickly right before we hit record. I admire this person’s creative spirit but most of all the growth he has had during his time at college. Join me, as we go back to college with Danny. SHOW LINKS Follow Danny on Insta Follow Zac on Insta Listen to the podcast on; Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/366U9QQazfrR7VMoOHE6Ru?si=a3a4691e4d8d457e Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/back-to-college/id1704626461 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Back_to_College Augustana University: Find your bold at Augustana: https://www.augie.edu/ Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 1:28 Intro 2:58 Welcome Danny 6:00 Looking for Colleges in the US 7:49 Brazil Geography Lesson 9:12 Desire to go abroad to US 11:46 College Criteria 13:49 Landing on Augie 15:12 Coming to US 17:45 Adjusting to college 20:43 Coping with Classes 24:33 Computer Science Classes 27:57 To know our future we must study the past 31:43 Starting a Business at College 34:55 The music in me 35:51 New Multimedia Classes about Audio Engineering 41:23 Future in Music? 45:20 Living in Contrast of Culture 48:07 Brazil or US? 48:46 Danny's Letter Grade 51:03 Advice for Students thinking about studying in the US 52:00 Self-reflection on transformation