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BS in Psychology (2022)
BS in Psychology (2022)
California Institute of Integral Studies - GPA: 4.00
BA in Body and Art Communication (Theatre)
BA in Body and Art Communication (Theatre)
Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo - Theater (Studied until the 5th semester - 2012) GPA: 3.50
Performing Arts
Performing Arts
Fundação das Artes de São Caetano do Sul, Brazil (2007/2009) (Studied until the 4th semester - 2009)
Instrumental training and Vocal
Instrumental training and Vocal
Music Harmony - Ever Dream Music Academy, with Wagner Cappia, Argentina | 2024
Conga and Atabaque Rhythms - Meka Tambor | 2023-2024
Music Theory - Ozcanli Academy, with David Suleiman | 2023
Hand Drums Rhythms with Gabriel Sampaio | 2023
Music Theory - Ever Dream Music Academy - with Wagner Cappia, Argentina | 2023
Music Theory - Fundaçao Danilo Perez | 2022
Conga with Master Carlos Caçapava | 2022
Percussion studies, O tambor de Mão Nagô no Maracatu, Instituto Tambor with Ogan Rumenig Dantas, Brazil | 2022
Featured performer at Global Jazz Womxn jazz festival, Global Jazz Club, United States | 2022
Percussionist, Mulher no Gunga - NYC capoeira festival with Sabina Ciari and Cyro Baptista, USA | 2018
Capoeira Angola (berimbal, atabaque, agogô) with Grupo Angoleiro Sim Sinhô - Da Costa, Brazil | 2013
Vocal training, percussion studies and Brazilian folklore with Tião Carvalho, Brazil | 2013-2014
Vocal training with Patricia Gilford, Brazil | 2013
Percussion studies, Pai Élcio de Oxalá, Escola de Curimba, Brazil | 2015
Vocal technique with Eric D’ávila, Brazil | 2014-2015
Vocal training for actors with Igor Giangrossi, Brazil | 2013-2014
Vocal training and acting, Pontifícia Universidade Católica | 2010-2012
Vocal training, Fundação das Artes de São Caetano do Sul | 2007-2009
Research Experience
Research Experience
I am an actress, musician, artist, and researcher with a 20-year journey at the Templo de Umbanda São Sebastião, exploring Afro-Brazilian, indigenous, and spiritualist traditions. My work with Grupo Teatral Parlendas enriched my art research, activism, and cultural exchange. As an Afro-Brazilian percussionist, I’ve studied the spiritual impact of the atabaque drum. Since 2014, I’ve shared ancestral knowledge globally. My multidisciplinary work has protected marginalized communities and enriched cultural understanding through global exchanges. My journey is about exploration, understanding, and making a positive impact.
Independant Research
Independant Research
Member, student, and researcher at the Templo de Umbanda São Sebastião for 20 years. Terreiro of Afro-Brazilian, indigenous, and spiritualist origins.
Actress, researcher, and cultural producer of Grupo Teatral Parlendas (2008/2014), with experience in theater and popular street music and dance, in indigenous, quilombola, and peripheral communities for arts research, activism, and cultural exchange.
Afro-Brazilian percussionist, with research on the atabaque instrument, a hand drum used in the Umbanda tradition for communication through dance and singing to achieve altered states of consciousness, develop mediumship and provide physical, emotional, and spiritual balance.
Since 2014, she has been traveling to the USA, visiting Canada, and Europe, sharing ancestral knowledge and enabling people to discover the Amazon and Brazilian spirituality.
Grants for School
Grants for School
HEERF III FALL ACT GRANT (2021) $ 1000,00
HEERF III FALL ACT GRANT (2021) $ 800,00
International Opportunity School IOPPI (2022) $3.600,00
International Opportunity School IOPPI (2022) $1.800,00
Grants for projects
Grants for projects
Grupo Teatral Parlendas
Grupo Teatral Parlendas
2011 História de Retalhos - PROAC unprecedented show: R$ 50.000,00
2012 Projeto Juventude Atitude - São Carlos Municipal Fund: R$ 20.000,00
2012 Viradinha Cultural - Centro Cultural São Paulo (C.C.S.P.) R$ 27.000,00
2013 Viradinha Cultural - Centro Cultural São Paulo (C.C.S.P.): R$ 33.000,00
2012 Cidade Entraves ou Estad[i]o de Sítio - Theater Promotion for the City of São Paulo: R$ 483.144,78
2013 Novas Linhas, Embaraços de Brasil - FUNARTE Literary Circulation:R$ 40.000,00
Ideas Institute
Ideas Institute
2010 - Jovens da Floresta – “Blacks, Indians and caboclos: the story of the forest that was lost” R$: 30,000.00
Awards
Awards
2012
2012
COOPERATIVA PAULISTA THEATER AWARD FOR GROUP REVELATION (Grupo Teatral Parlendas)
2015
2015
COOPERATIVA PAULISTA THEATER AWARD FOR OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACES (CDC- Clube da Comunidade Vento Leste)
Languages
Languages
Fluente: Portuguese
Advanced: English
Basic: Spanish
Interest in indigenous languages from Brazil
Inspired by Yoruba African Languages
Senior Project
Senior Project
Umbandaime: How Hybrid Ritual Rooted in the African Diaspora Contributes to the Recovery of and Encounter with Sociocultural and Spiritual Identity
Umbandaime: How Hybrid Ritual Rooted in the African Diaspora Contributes to the Recovery of and Encounter with Sociocultural and Spiritual Identity
Abstract
Abstract
Participation in rituals with the indigenous drink Ayahuasca has been gaining adherents worldwide. This study aims to investigate the participation of residents of the United States, in specifically Umbandaime rituals. Umbandaime is a hybridized ritual form, is the union between Santo Daime (Ayahuasqueira Amazonian religion) and Umbanda (Afro-Brazilian religion). It contains different lines of spiritual study, among them the development of mediumship, connection with ancestors, self-knowledge, and preservation of Afro-Brazilian roots. The present work seeks to analyze the Umbandaime approach as a possible instrument of recovery of and meeting with sociocultural and spiritual identity needs for participants from the U.S. who visit the Temple of Umbanda San Sebastian in Brazil.
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