Cidalisa De Braga is a debut author born in the Azores and raised in Montreal, Quebec. A retired airline employee, she spent decades navigating the world before finding her way back to the story she was always meant to tell. Her memoir, This Time, I Stayed: A Memoir of Enduring Love, chronicles a love that survived thirty-six years of distance and silence. She writes about love, resilience, and the courage it takes to begin again. She lives between Canada and Mexico.