Double-degree PhD researcher in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and Production Engineering (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil). Product Designer and Lecturer in Industrial Design Engineering at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Leader and consultant at Amazonia Design (http://amazonia.design), an agency and research network focused on projects for the Amazon rainforest and Climate Change. Speaker at the United Nations Climate Change Conference and fashion weeks in Brazil, Belgium, and the UK. Guest lecturer in universities in The Netherlands, Italy, and Brazil. Certified meditation trainer by Buddhist monks with the NGO World Peace Initiative (Thailand) and martial arts apprentice.