About Hilani Mercadante
Hilani Mercadante is an English teacher based in São Paulo, Brazil, who has long experience teaching English to executives and professionals and has written English-language textbooks since 2008. She co-authored, with Viviane Kirmeliene, the Brick by Brick series published by FTD Educação.
Conversation
Business English
Live online
Textbook author
Between the classroom and the textbook.
- 2008
Also begins working as a freelance English textbook author.
- 2021
Publishes, with Viviane Kirmeliene, the Brick by Brick series (Standfor / FTD Educação) for primary school.
- 2025
Guest on the BRAZ-TESOL MaWSIG Podcast season “Teachers who became authors”.
- Today
Leads one-to-one English Conversation and Business English programs, live online worldwide.
Publications
Brick by Brick — English textbook series for primary school (Ensino Fundamental, early years), by Hilani Mercadante and Viviane Kirmeliene. Publisher: FTD Educação (Standfor imprint). Volumes published in 2021.
Last updated: September 28, 2026
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