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Team

Raul Paulino Torres

Accountant specializing in Non-Profit Organizations, with 15 years of experience, CEO of Torres Accounting and Management for the Third Sector, institutional development consultant for donor institutions that support social initiatives, trainer in financial management and best accounting practices, postgraduate in Tax Law from PUC SP, co-founder of the School of Activism, a social organization operating throughout the country that aims to rethink activist practices and learning processes.

Marilia Guarita

Journalist and Physical Education professional, with a Master's degree in Health and Society from UNIFESP and an MBA in Strategic Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Currently working in project management for the third sector. She was the founder and resource director of the Procomum Institute for 7 years, where she was responsible for the financial-administrative, communication, and care areas. She also led international projects such as La Cuida and A Colaboradora, a collaborative arts school, and Comum. Before that, she worked for 10 years in the market, with international experience, in the Sistema S (a Brazilian network of private, non-profit institutions that provide vocational training and other services) and also in the public education network of Rondônia and Paraná. An open water swimmer, street runner, and yoga practitioner for 15 years, she believes that through the relationship with the body it is possible to create strategies to escape the neoliberal onslaught.

Beatriz Torres

She works in the financial area, with experience in the tax sector and more than 5 years of experience in the non-profit sector. She holds a degree in Human Resources, is a reading facilitator, and is currently studying Psychology. Her career combines financial management, care for people, and an interest in human processes, contributing to social organizations in an ethical, sensitive, and committed way.

Rafa Torres

Lawyer, Activist, Father, Graphic Designer and Reading Mediator, he is a collaborating member of the Third Sector Law Commission of the OAB SP (São Paulo Bar Association). He is responsible for the legal and administrative processes of formalizing new social initiatives. Co-founder of the Rodas de Leitura collective, an initiative that encourages the dissemination and access to quality art and literature, he believes that the application of Design and Law concepts is very important as a process of critical and creative thinking, enabling the organization of ideas in order to stimulate decision-making.

Glaucia Rodrigues

A communicator and business manager, she also works as a fashion designer in her spare time. For six years she led 370, a brand of versatile clothing made with sustainable fabrics for diverse body types. In 2022, she joined the communication team at Instituto Procomum, responsible for producing texts for social media and articles about the institution's actions. Currently, she coordinates the Sul x South network of activists from the Global South and is responsible for contracts at Instituto Incube.

Maya Vital

Actress, artivist-educator, and researcher of artistic practices with counter-colonial leanings. She works in the management of the Atelier and in the mediation of cultural processes, articulating actions, organizing flows, and sustaining spaces for creation and coexistence that integrate body, listening, ancestry, and territory in their formations. Her trajectory is traversed by orality, care, and memories, stemming from her origins—daughter of a mother from Bahia and a Tupinambá father, granddaughter of a prayer woman. She maintains dialogues with public relations, working in the construction of presence, communication, and articulation between people, territories, and projects.

Nadja Aguiar

She holds a degree in Business Administration (PUC-SP) and is currently pursuing a degree in Accounting (PUC-SP). She has 14 years of experience working in social organizations in the areas of projects, finance, accounting, and management. She has worked in public health, at ABONG, at Torres Contabilidade, and has conducted workshops for collectives and social organizations on finance. She also worked at the Update Institute, energizing the roles of Finance, Legal, and Management with Fiscal Sponsor partners in Brazil and Latin America.

Jessica Terra

A multidisciplinary professional originally from the interior of Minas Gerais. Graduated in Film and Accounting, she has worked with the financial and accounting aspects of various third-sector organizations since 2021. She participates in social projects, volunteers, and leads a project to democratize access to cinema. She constantly seeks to learn and contribute to areas of interest.

Jessica Erasmo

A librarian trained at the Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo and with studies in pedagogy, she has a broad professional trajectory, with stints at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Grupo Abril, and ESPM. In addition to being a carimbó dancer and samba school performer, she found in art a powerful form of expression. In the non-profit sector, motivated by the inspiration of friends, she began working with the formalization of associations and today is responsible for organizing spaces at the Instituto Incube. Passionate about pets, urban mobility, and the impact of culture, she believes that knowledge and art have the power to transform realities.

Nathalia Farah

Lawyer and specialist in Management and Development of Social Projects and in Human Rights, with a focus on strengthening the institutional capacity of civil society organizations and community-based initiatives. Member of the Third Sector Law Commission of the OAB/SP (São Paulo Bar Association). She has experience in legal counsel for the third sector, governance, institutional regularization, and support for social projects, working on the formalization of CSOs (Civil Society Organizations) and providing guidance on sustainability, institutional planning, and legal compliance. Her career is marked by popular advocacy, with experience in group formation and rights education, especially in the field of the right to housing, at the PUC-SP (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo) Model Office, as well as volunteer work at the Institute for the Defense of the Right to Defense (IDDD), in the Education in Prison project, and co-founder of the feminist education and culture project Manifesto Xoxotas Cósmicas.

Samuel Dias

Inspired by the desire to participate in building a more just and egalitarian society, I am currently pursuing a degree in systems development and, since 2018, I have been volunteering at Educafro Brasil, an organization within the Black movement that works for the inclusion of Black and poor people in higher education.

Council 

Fabricio Freitas

Artist and administrator, currently serving as Director of Resources at the Procomum Institute. He holds degrees in Administration and Performing Arts, with specializations in Accounting and Cultural Production. He has worked in the non-profit sector and in culture for almost ten years. He has experience in financial sustainability, administrative management, and executive production, specializing in budgeting, finance, human resources, and cultural production. He combines technical expertise with artistic sensitivity, connecting management, culture, and social innovation from an anti-racist perspective and practices.

Laura Astrolabio

Lawyer, Postgraduate in Public Law - UCAM, Master in Public Policies in Human Rights - UFRJ and co-creator and co-executive director of the project "A Tenda das Candidatas" (The Candidates' Tent). Advisor in the Mulheres Negras Decidem (Black Women Decide) movement, Researcher at GEDHJUS-UFRJ and Writer.

Marcia Nobrega

PhD in social anthropology and activist for human and more than human rights. She works at the School of Activism in actions related to popular education, defense of democracy and integral security. She has experience in management and knowledge production with traditional populations in the territories of the Caatinga, Cerrado and Amazon.

Humberto Ribeiro

Lawyer, graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG), with an MBA in Project Management from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a master's student in Law and Technology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), an institution where he also completed a degree in History. He is a member of the Council for Sustainable Economic and Social Development of the Presidency of the Republic (CDESS/Presidency), co-founder and Legal Director of Sleeping Giants Brazil, columnist for Mídia Ninja, and co-founder of Teia de Criadores, an organization where he also served as Director until 2024. He was the legal coordinator of the National LGBTI+ Alliance in Minas Gerais, a member of the Working Group that worked on the regulation of the National Prosecutor's Office for the Defense of Democracy of the Attorney General's Office (PNDD/AGU), and a member of the Media and Democracy Council of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV).

Norah

Afro-Amazonian, from Santarém, scientist, biotechnologist and specialist in natural resources, snakes and anti-venom plants. Cyberactivist, Co-founder and General Coordinator at ResistEnem. Popular educator at the School of Activism and director of Institutional Relations at the Instituto Território das Artes. Actress, dancer, performer, master of ceremonies and artivist, she uses art as a tool for socio-environmental awareness and critique.

Tayná Araújo

Operations Coordinator at Mapa do Acolhimento and Associate Consultant at Painá Catalisadora de Impacto. Graduated in Cultural Production from Faculdade Belas Artes, she has worked in the area of financial sustainability and institutional development in the third sector since 2020. She specializes in financial planning and management, executive production, fundraising, partner relations, and optimization of internal processes.

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