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Guti Fraga

Scout’s Portuguese-reading grandpa is GUTI FRAGA, a Brazilian actor, theater director, and community superhero!  Guti founded the Nós do Morro social organization in the favela of Vidigal in 1986, which has touched the lives of over 11,000 people.  Guti served as president of the National Arts Foundation in Brazil, starred in dozens of films and television series, and is now featured as part of the Scout’s Heroes family!

 

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Joe Bankoff

Scout’s English-reading grandpa is JOE BANKOFF, a grandfather who believes in real life superheroes!  Joe is a pilot, lawyer, champion of the arts, and the former Chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech.  Joe has also traveled the world working for the Olympic Games in Atlanta (USA) and Sydney (Australia), and he is now finding heroes in Brazil with Scout!