Growing up multicultural shaped Thiago's critical thinking and values
Thiago grew up in a multicultural environment: born in Valencia with an Argentine father who had a high-level sports career and a Swedish mother who works as a mental coach. He describes absorbing as much as possible from this background and forging a critical spirit as a result. Rugby in particular was central to his development as a person, and he believes the values the sport embodies represent a large part of his personality. This blend of cultures, athletics, and mental coaching in the home gave him an unusually rich foundation from which to face adversity.
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Born in Valencia to an Argentine father with a high-level sports career and a Swedish mother who works as a mental coach, Tiago grew up absorbing as much as possible from a multicultural environment. That background forged what he calls a '
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