I am a BIPOC documentary and audio producer by trade. I have worked on quite a few projects, but here are a few. I was the executive producer, producer, and responsible for the translation on the subtitles for the documentary short "3 Siblings". I have also worked as a producer on projects like Beyond the Map, and an episode of the Netflix's docu-series Rotten.
In terms of audio, I have worked as the producer on a regular basis for Sheena Rossiter, who was the Brazil correspondent for Monocle 24 from 2012-2017. I would chase and gather the audio for her reports. I have also worked with Epic Digital (a Vox company) on a regular basis as a researcher and storyhunter on various projects in Brazil and the United States since 2016.
Previously to getting into producing, I was a lawyer in Brazil
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