Marta

As Mr. Trend notes, this is a very good profile of Marta, Brazil's soccer goddess.

I've always been a firm believer that what is most important is not where you are, but where uou came from. The article notes rather vaguely that she grew up in the town of Dois Riachos in "northeast Brazil."

Here is where Dois Riachos is: The middle of the sertao in Alagoas.She's come from the sort of place they refer to in Brazil as so remote, the wind turns around to come back. This just makes her story all the more remarkable.