Psychoanalyst and member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis; psychiatrist and coordinator of the Mental Health and Well-Being Program at UFBA; Master’s degree in Psychoanalysis from Paris V; Ph.D. in Psychology from UFRJ; author of the books *Madness Among Us*, *Selfie* — Therefore I Am, “Noises and Silences of Life in Confinement,” and *The Death of the Self* (finalist for the 2025 Jabuti Award)