I was born lost and in need of finding myself
That was in São Paulo, in 1976. I have been a trampoline gymnast. I went to law school but didn’t belong there. I tried for a position in the Brazilian Foreign Office only because I liked to travel. On my first assignment at the Brazilian Embassy in Vietnam, I realized that staying lost might be fun.
From São Paulo
to the world
I consider myself a nomad.
Exploring new realities is something I do both for my job and by following my own interests.
I have lived in three different regions in Brazil, seven countries and visited over thirty.
Right now, I’m living in Denmark.
From the world to further explorations
I have always been curious about other realities. I started roaming the city I was born in, then I expanded to other states, other countries, other continents.
Until it came the time when I needed to know myself better.
I practiced yoga for ten years, where I learned to observe myself, to breathe even in the most impossible postures, to respect my limits and to expand my possibilities. I bring that valuable knowledge to my life and to my writing.
And then, there are the stories
Most attempts to find my voice, ended in failure or were abandoned.
It was in Vietnam that I finally started to shape the raw notion of what that voice might become. Both through stories and pictures.
Tales from my travels were where I started.
But it was in fiction that I really connected to what I wanted to say.
From São Paulo to the world, to made-up universes
Writing screenplays was my first attempt of storytelling.
I have studied at the New York Film Academy and the London Film Academy.
Writing narratives, though, was where I really found the freedom I had been craving for.
I enjoy playing with perspectives. I transform my own experiences in worlds, characters and fictional plots.
Many stories are written from the perspective of those who don’t belong, who don’t fit in, who swim against the current.
