ABOUT ME
From filmmaking to social transformation
I am a project coordinator, facilitator and documentary filmmaker with over 25 years of experience working across art, political education, community engagement and audiovisual production. I develop and lead community-based and international projects that foster dialogue, participation and solidarity — from neighbourhood initiatives to internationally acclaimed documentary films. My work is grounded in an intercultural perspective and a belief in the transformative potential of collective learning, creative expression and community-led action.
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, I hold a degree in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP) and studied cinematography at the International Film and Television School (EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. From anthropological research to filmmaking, arts education and community development, I have collaborated with diverse communities and their allies across different territories, conducting research, producing films and facilitating workshops. Throughout these experiences, I have explored how people can strengthen their voices, share knowledge and actively shape the narratives and decisions that affect their lives.
My work engages with social and environmental justice, historical memory, intersectionality and ecofeminism. Over the past decade, I have focused particularly on stories that have been silenced or marginalised in collective memory. This work includes the documentary series The Dangerous Memory and The Wind Blows the Border, co-directed with Laura Faerman and winner of more than a dozen national and international awards.
Alongside my artistic practice, my work in community development has deepened my commitment to participatory processes that connect people, resources and ideas. Whether through a film, an educational workshop or a neighbourhood initiative, I seek to create conditions for exchange, critical reflection and collective empowerment — working with people rather than simply on their behalf.
Living between Berlin and São Paulo, I work in Portuguese, German, Spanish and English. My practice is shaped by the connections between places, cultures and struggles, and by the conviction that lasting social transformation grows from people's capacity to organise, learn and act together.