Originally from Rio de Janeiro, my career in photography and biology began in the critically threatened Atlantic Forest of Brazil. During my first years, I participated in camera-trap monitoring of mammals in the rainforests around Rio, humpback whale research in the archipelago of Abrolhos, Bahia, and jaguar ecology and conservation in Iguaçu National Park, Paraná.
Adding to my previous experience working with jaguars, for four years I worked as a researcher at the Ecology and Conservation of Amazon Felids Research Group in Mamirauá Institute, deep in the Brazilian Amazon. During this time, we installed camera-traps to study the jaguars' ecology, placed GPS collars on adult jaguars to track their movements and promoted human-jaguar coexistence with local traditional communities.
For almost a year, I worked as a naturalist guide at Uakari Lodge, a community-based ecotourism lodge located in Mamirauá Reserve. Here, I learned much about local culture, Amazonian biodiversity and the ways of the forest.
For the past years, I have dedicated myself entirely to photography, cinematography and science communication. Through my work, I have travelled across the Amazon, worked with traditional communities and researchers and helped shed light on sensitive conservation-related topics. At first, I worked as the resident photographer at Mamirauá Institute, and now I am working freelance.