Freelance information designer and visual journalism editor at Nucleo Master in Design at EBA-UFRJ and member of LabVis
My work consists of finding ways to explain and visualize complex concepts and data through clear and understandable charts, diagrams, maps, and illustrations.
I hold a graduate degree in Journalism from PUC-SP (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo) and a Masters degree in Design from UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), where I've conducted research on representations of the climate crisis in data visualization as a member of LabVis.
In the past, I've been responsible for dataviz and infographics at Nexo Jornal, produced video stories at Estadão and collaborated with dozens of outlets and institutions, such as The Intercept, Revista Piauí, Natura&Co, Loft, Climate and Land Use Alliance, Greenpeace, WWF, and more.
I tend to prioritize projects for social impact and I'm specially interested in socioenvironmental issues and how they relate to technology.
My workflow usually consists of a combination of GIS cartography, Adobe Suite, motion graphics and R Stats — but I’m interested in finding the tools necessary for each task and collaborating with partners with complimentary skillsets.
Currently I work part-time as a visual journalism editor at Nucleo, an independent outlet investigating Big Tech, and take on freelance and commissioned projects — so feel free to reach out!
In this website you will find a selection of projects I've worked on with talented professionals along the way — full credits and attributions in links (some projects are behind paywalls, unfortunately).
I was suspicious of who were the artists behind jazz tracks in Spotify's editorial playlists. Turns out they weren't real! After investigating streaming fraud on the platform, I've written this feature and edited a video on the subject.
I was raised on the early web before social media platforms. For Núcleo's 2024 membership program, I've written, animated, and narrated this institutional video urging for a defense of a better more open web through journalism.
Ambiental Media's reporter Kevin Damasio went sailing through the Negro river with a team of scientists to assess how healthy its waters are. I did art direction, maps, and charts to help them present the results of this endeavor.
CEOs like to brag about how sophisticated AI systems are, but much of this purported intelligence comes at the cost of low-valued labor in Global South countries. I've animated and narrated this 4-minute explainer on the issue for The Intercept Brasil in partnership with the Pullitzer Center's AI Accountability Network.
This animated videoinstallation urges viewers to reevaluate their understanding of ecological relationships. The final product of my Master's research, this project was exhibited at the Information+ Conference, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
President Lula must decide whether to renew the operating license of Belo Monte, the biggest and most catastrophic hydroeletric plant in the Amazon. I did a bunch of maps for this feature.
This large-scale infographic comissioned by the NGO Rede Interação and produced with the communities of Santarém, illustrates how urban life relates to climate change. I was responsible for research, writing, design, maps and illustrations.
Series of posters designed for Alizé Carrère's doctoral research on Climatopias. Each poster showcases different (utopic/dystopic) strategies for adapting to climate change. On display at the University of Miami's School of Marine & Atmospheric Science.
An animated visualization and sonification that invites the reader to sync their breath with the pulses to understand how Brazil got to the sad milestone of 500 thousand deaths by Covid-19. My first use of Ableton in a dataviz context.
Amplia Saúde provides scientists with tools to analyze data on atmospheric pollution and maternal/neonatal health. I produced four data stories and designed their website. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CNPq and Faperj.
One of the central environmental disputes of Lula's third term, the drilling for oil in the Foz do Amazonas region sparked immense controversy. These maps I produced for Sumaúma show the extent of possible impacts on the region.
The story behind the couple of doctors who created the Urihi healthcare model that saved the Yanomami in the 1990s and 2000s — and were punished for it. I've produced maps, charts and illustrations for this special Sumaúma feature.
President Lula started his third term promising to demarcate every Indigenous land in the country. This report assesses if he will actually be able to deliver. I collaborated with charts based on the shape of traditional headresses.
Kwai is a popular video-sharing app in Latin America. It is also completely infested with videos sexualizing minors. In this investigation, we ran some tests to assert how frequently the app shows disturbing content of this kind.
This visual analysis produced for Piauí with Novelo Data's team illustrates how one of Brazil's biggest TV outlets became a disseminator of Bolsonaro's ideology. For this piece I watched hundreds of programs to piece together a video montage.
This collaborative investigation from Unearthed, Greenpeace and Repórter Brasil revealed how Brazil's biggest meat company bought almost 9,000 cattle from one of the biggest deforesters in the country. I collaborated with maps and charts.
The Yanomami land is the largest Indigenous territory in Brazil and one of the main targets of illegal miners. Sumaúma has been investigating the situation and has published a number of reports on it. I've been collaborating with charts and animated maps.
Layout and visualization system developed to present Natura&Co's progress in a variety of sustainability and ethical targets, presented in a four-page factsheet and included in the company's annual reports.
Diálogo Brasil, an initiative of CLUA (Climate Land and Use Alliance), needed to organize their socioenvironmental cyberadvocacy dashboard. I redesigned the UI with new visualizations and a focus on enabling quick insights.
Part of a larger investigative initiative made in collaboration with OCCRP, CCCA and Fiquem Sabendo, this piece for Piauí details how cattle laundering works and how integral it is to the meat business in Brazil. I produced charts and an animated video.
Over the course of 2022, I produced many visual stories, charts and maps for Loft, one of Brazil's largest real estate platforms using their original data on the sector.
Bolsonaro's disastrous firearms policy led to an explosion in the number of shooting clubs in the Amazon, correlating with an increase in violence in the region. I collaborated with The Intercept's team producing maps and charts from this data.
Inspired by Josh Begley, I analyzed the front page of every Folha de Sao Paulo print edition between January and June 2020 and highlighted Covid related stories.
Brazil currently has more than 30 registered political parties. This intricate chart attempts to organize their complex histories since 1945. This project won a bronze medal in 2018's ÑH prize.
Sadly, not much. This analysis visualizes SOS Mata Atlântica’s data through maps, charts and diagrams
In this project for Greenpeace I visualized potential threats to wildlife in recently discovered species. For this piece I got to use Blender generated reliefs alongside QGIS geoprocessing.
I produced charts and maps for the print edition of Jacobin Magazine: one on the federal prison system and the other on inequality in Sao Paulo.
Piauí magazine comissioned an analysis of the status of legal reserves in rural properties in Brazil. I got to show the results with a combination of maps and illustrated charts.
The Intercept comissioned a study on hate crimes online. I produced a series of animated charts showing these soaring numbers.
I've illustrated dozens of stories for different vehicles I've collaborated with. For Nucleo Journalism, especially, I developed the visual identity of the publication and its articles, combining collage with vector illustration and noisy textures.
An analysis of cadence and rhythm in the prose of selected authors. This visualization was covered on Storybench.
An analysis of the voting patterns of president Jair Bolsonaro during his 20 years in the brazilian lower house. This project won a bronze medal in the 2019's ÑH prize and was nominated for 2020 SIGMA Awards.
Tintin's travels are controversial. This infographic shows where the young reporter has been to in each book — and who accompanied him.
These maps use data from Unesco and Funai showing the state of Indigenous languages in the country. Shown at "Línguas Ameríndias – Ontem, Hoje e Amanhã", an exhibition at Memorial da América Latina, part of Unesco's IYIL 2019.
Network and heatmap visualizations for a special feature on the voting patterns of brazilian Supreme Court justices.
Fun visualization on the success rate of climbers of the 14 tallest peaks on Earth.
How does a country get shaped? In this project for Desestrutura, I overlayed historical maps to produce an animation of Brazil's outline being formed. This project was featured in Datavizbr.
A playlist with selected stories I produced, shot, edited and animated on a variety of topics at Estadão. Individual credits in each video.
Charts, layout and art direction for a special feature covering the living conditions of the black population 130 years after the end of slavery in Brazil.
A 1 minute reduction on boarding time on planes can save airlines $30 to $250 dollars. This animated story details research on the most efficient boarding methods.
Who owns the land? These maps visualize how much of the country’s territory belongs to private entities, the government, settlings, Indigenous areas and more. Inspired by NYT’s analysis of the Trump-Clinton divide.
Visualization displaying the films in which selected characters appear in the MCU. Fun — but nightmare inducing to draw.
An animated look at Smithsonian’s Volcanism Program data on eruptions through the times — complete with maps and illustrated explainers on volcano types.
Script, research, voiceover and illustrations for a video explaining how political surveying works in the wake of Brazil’s dramatic (and traumatic) 2018 national election.
Let the games begin! Visualizations, GIFs and art direction for a feature on the significance of olympic games in Ancient Greece.
How can brazilian judges earn more than their wage ceiling? This analysis details how their earnings are constructed and visualizes the judiciary’s data on the issue.
A comparison of professional and user Metacritic scores in different genres and mediums.
The 1872 brazilian census was unique for a number of reasons. Most notably for being the only piece of national data to include slaves. This features analyzes those numbers and what their gathering reveals about slave owners in the country.
Visual comparison of the sizes of courts and fields of different sports on a single scale. Very fun to draw.
2018 marked the 30 year anniversary of Brazil’s 1988 constitution. This series of charts analyzes how the document has been altered since. This project won the Cláudio Abramo Journalism Awards in 2019 in the dataviz category.
The debate around pension reform in Brazil seems overwhelming. This video attempts to get the facts straight through official data and animated charts.
Since 2013, I've been playing with my friends in a band called O Nó. I've done some digital illustrations for our debut album, which were listed among Minuto Indie's “best covers of 2020”.