Brazilian born with a French passport and an American husband – I am your ultimate globetrotter. I moved to Santa Fe (USA) after living most of my life in São Paulo – the crazy, impossible, lovely 17-million-people metropolis. I traveled extensively around Brazil in search of sanity.
After studying Biology and Journalism at Universidade de São Paulo, I worked for several media projects (daily papers Folha de S. Paulo and Gazeta Mercantil, and Veja weekly magazine) and non-profit organizations (such as Instituto Socioambiental, Instituto Akatu and Greenpeace). I also worked with former congressman Fabio Feldmann, an outspoken environmentalist, and several Brazilian corporations, namely Banco Real (Santander Group). During my two-year Parisian phase, in the nineties, I worked for Radio France Internationale.
I authored or co-authored several books on environmental issues – all of them published in Portuguese.
I was also honored by the 2002 Reuters-IUCN Press award for Latin America and by the 2004 Prêmio Ethos.
Currently I am writing for two Brazilian magazines – Página 22 and Brasil Sustentável - and I am also blogging in Portuguese on international environmental topics.
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