I Am Not a Bad Hombre: Insights on Race, Ethnicity, and Culture from a Brazilian Resident Alien

Ivanildo Trindade was born into a poor family of nine children on the Amazon in northern Brazil. He has been a pastor in the U.S. and Brazil for over 30 years. He was a founder and executive director of Internationals USA, Inc. (I-USA), a non-profit that focused on helping Americans acquire intercultural skills to welcome and befriend citizens of other nations into the U.S. for 12 years. Ivanildo was also the co-founder of Grace Refuge Outreach Worldwide (G.R.O.W.), a ministry that has been rescuing at-risk children in SE Asia since 2009. Ivanildo taught Linguistics and Portuguese language at the Federal University of Pará, his alma mater, for 7 years. He holds a Master of Theology (Th.M.) from Grace Theological Seminary (Magna Cum Laude) and is currently pursuing a PhD in leadership from Capital Graduate School. Ivanildo and Naza emigrated to the U.S. with their two daughters and son in 1993. They have two grandchildren who live in Seattle, WA. Their home is in Mansfield, OH, where Ivanildo is the lead pastor of Hilltop Community Church.