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Artist, Gay, Student

I am a native Portuguese speaker with professional fluency in English. I have experience translating cultural and academic content, with particular interest in arts, social issues, and education. I joined the TED Translators program to help make ideas accessible across languages and cultures.

I’m passionate about art, especially artistic processes and techniques, and about the ways research-based methods—similar to scientific investigation—can be transformed into artistic practice. I’m interested in how observation, repetition, and experimentation allow ideas to evolve across disciplines, turning everyday materials, data, or questions into artistic projects.

Art is not limited to finished objects or traditional techniques. Artistic thinking can emerge from observation, research, and process, much like scientific inquiry. When we treat curiosity, experimentation, and attention as creative tools, any field of knowledge can become a space for artistic exploration and meaning-making.

Art Theory, Arts & Visual Culture, Contemporary Art, Art Theory, Contemporary Art, Culture & Society, Education, Gender and Sexuality, Humanities, Psychiatry, Psychology

My connection to TED comes from a long-standing interest in learning across disciplines. As an artist, I’ve always been drawn to talks that move between art, science, culture, and social questions. Joining the TED Translators community allows me to contribute to the circulation of ideas worth spreading by making them accessible beyond language barriers, while engaging with content that reflects curiosity, research, and critical thinking.

People don’t usually know that I’m good at close observation and working patiently with complex material. I’m skilled at breaking down dense ideas, paying attention to subtle details, and translating abstract or technical concepts into clear, accessible forms—whether visually or through language.