our team
Our team
RAMPA: where German efficiency meets Brazilian warmth!
We — Marina, Natalia, and Tainá — are Brazilian Berliners: a group of friends who have called this wonderful city home for over a decade. Between us, we have been through just about every bureaucratic scenario imaginable, from securing visas to getting German citizenship.
Collectively, we share a wealth of both knowledge and experience in navigating German bureaucracy and, as RAMPA, we channel all of this into the insight, solidarity, and empathy we offer you. We are here to help you overcome bureaucracy and to get settled into your new life with peace of mind.
We care deeply about social inclusion, so are proud to provide you with highly practical help, quickly and transparently. Driven by our dream of a vibrant and flourishing international community, we get you the essential support you need to thrive in Berlin — or anywhere in Germany!
// MARINA FAÉ
Marina is the founder of RAMPA. An arts educator and musician from São Paulo, Brazil, she arrived in Berlin for the summer in 2007. Right away, Marina knew she had come to stay. So she did. She quickly learned the language, got a freelancer’s visa, and worked as an artist and set designer for ten years until she established herself as an art teacher in the German education system. In 2016, she became a German citizen. After she got a second degree (in Spanish from Berlin’s Humboldt University), and at the same time already working as a general advisor on bureaucratic matters in Germany, she delved deeper into the subject and, after extensive research in the area, the idea was materialised: in May 2021, Marina founded Rampa.
Fields of expertise:
General management / Customer care / Visas and residence permits
Social aid and benefits / Personal support / Consultations and general guidance Interpreter: Portuguese – German – English – Spanish
NATALIA BLANCO //
Natalia has both Brazilian and Spanish citizenship, and has lived in Berlin for 17 years. She has a master’s degree in Fine Arts and has conducted extensive artistic research, as well as run her own gallery in Neukölln (one of Berlin’s most creative neighbourhoods) for four years, and collaborated with other organisations and collectives on the Berlin art scene. Simultaneously, Natalia became a relocation professional, with over four years’ experience. She currently combines her work as an interpreter, relocation agent and problem-solver with art and illustration.
Fields of expertise:
Social aid and benefits (Arbeitslosengeld, Bürgergeld, Elterngeld, Kindergeld, WBS)
Housing issues / Personal assistance
Interpreter: Portuguese – German – English – Spanish
// TAINÁ CAMPOS
Tainá is originally from Goiânia (Brazil) and has a degree in law from UniCeub in Brasília. She was a legal consultant at the Ministry of Culture in Brasil and a labour lawyer. In 2016 she moved to Berlin, motivated by the desire to integrate her children, who have German citizenship. Tainá also integrated quickly: she learnt the language and re-qualified in the field of Early Childhood Education, completing her vocational training (Ausbildung) as an educator (Erzieherin) in 2019. She was a teacher in a Kindergarten and international schools, paving the way for bureaucratic issues and social benefits with her own experience. She is also part of the Rampa team to support anyone wishing to follow this path – be it professional transition, family adaptation and/or cultural integration.
Fields of expertise:
Social aid and benefits (Arbeitslosengeld, Bürgergeld, Elterngeld, Kindergeld, Jugendamt)
Family matters / Personal support and counselling
Interpreter: Portuguese – German
VERUSCKA GIRIO //
Veruscka is a web designer from Maranhão (Amazon region, Brazil), better known as Astronauta Mecanico — a multi-platform creator and one of Brazil’s pioneer VJs since 2003. Veruscka’s projects have been presented live in Tokyo, Paris, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Bahia, Berlin, and Lisbon, as well as at the Havana Biennial and Milan Furniture Fair. In São Paulo, Veruscka was art editor for BRAVO! magazine and art director of Caros Amigos. A multimedia artist and designer, Veruscka is RAMPA’s webmaster and visual identity creator.
Fields of Expertise:
Webmaster / Digital programming / Visual identity
Diagramming / Social media management
Our mission
Our mission is to provide comprehensive assistance and support to immigrants, especially non-EU citizens, arriving in Berlin or anywhere else in Germany.
Breaking down barriers to Germany’s bureaucratic system is our speciality. We want everyone — without exception — to have access a good and fair life in one of the most colourful and affordable places in the world.
We strive to build a more cosmopolitan, more equal society that not only tolerates but celebrates the beauty of human diversity.
Our safe space
RAMPA is a safe space for women, for queer people, for indigenous people, and for anyone of an ethnicity or race that is minoritised in Germany.
We proudly support the causes of anyone who is underprivileged by the society we live in and do not tolerate any form of prejudice: homophobia, sexism, and xenophobia have no place in the RAMPA community.
As firm believers in social justice, we offer prejudice-free and judgement-free support for people embarking on new lives in Germany.
Our values
- We offer a friendly, efficient service, tailored to your personal needs.
- We are committed to making our services accessible.
- We run our services in a pragmatic and transparent way.
- We overcome bureaucracy with wisdom and humanity.
- We work to create a more diverse, more equal society.
- We provide support, solidarity, and counsel.
- We help you to live your life to the fullest in Germany.