Visual journalist at Nucleo and freelance dataviz designer Master's student in design at EBA-UFRJ and researcher at 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 work mainly with GIS cartography, Adobe Suite and R Stats — but I’m interested in finding the tools necessary for each task.
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, Piauí, Brazilian Report, Greenpeace, and more.
Currently I work as a visual journalist at Nucleo, an independent outlet investigating Big Tech, and research the representations of the climate crisis in data visualization at my Master's at EBA/UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's School of Fine Arts) and with LabVis/UFRJ.
Here you'll find a selection of projects I've worked on with talented professionals along the way — full credits in links. I take on freelance and commissioned projects, so feel free to reach out!
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.
Sadly, not much. This analysis visualizes SOS Mata Atlântica’s data through maps, charts and diagrams
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
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
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.
Basemap of the Paraíba do Sul river basin and Juiz de Fora region produced for Marmelos Zero Museum, a historic site dedicated to Latin America's first hydroeletric power plant
Nucleo obtained documents in which brazilian environmental authorities report the situation of the 2019 oil spill crisis. This piece visualizes the data as a large streamgraph, comparing the scale of the problem and the government response
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.
Series of maps for a quiz asking the reader to guess the city by its density map. Inspired by this Guardian material
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
Monthly newsletter I used to write along with Nexo’s team covering interesting data stories from each month
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
The Cerrado biome is under threat. This feature for Rede Cerrado and WWF tells the stories of its inhabitants through maps, illustrations and diagrams
Charts and analysis on the main economic sectors in brazilian municipalities
Charts, animations and art direction for a special feature on the history of the labor crisis 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
The debate around pension reform in Brazil seems overwhelming. This video attempts to get the facts straight through official data and animated charts
Charts, maps and reporting on the power grid of different countries
Digital illustration and design for brazilian indie rock band O Nó's debut album. This work was among Minuto Indie's “best covers of 2020”