Themes
I have experience working on issues such as freedom of information, tech-facilitated gender-based violence, information ecosystems, the use of digital technologies in civil society organisations and feminist movements, and more!
Selected projects
2026
Resarch: Experiences of Black Brazilian women resisting technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Feminist Internet Research Network and Instituto Minas Programam.
Report exploring the impacts of TFGBV on the experiences of Black Brazilian women, as well as documenting how we/they have been resisting, creating connections with each other and finding joy in spite of the hostility of online environments. Read here.
Podcast: How does TFGBV impact the lives of Black Brazilian women? Instituto Minas Programam.
Producer and host of the Instituto Minas Program podcast. In this mini-season of our podcast, we present the results of our research and welcome special guests to discuss technology-enabled gender-based violence and how it impacts the lives of Black Brazilian women. Listen here (in Portuguese).
Research (forthcoming): How do Black feminists in Brazil create and care for records that document their organising.
2025
Article: Black feminist approach to researching TFGBV
“What happens after you publish this research?”: How feminist research invites us to centre liberation, connection and care in our practice. Read via GenderIT.
Publication: A Black Girl Guide to University for Minas Programam
Minas Programam launched “From Here On Out: Your Guide to College,” an illustrated guide featuring valuable information on college admission, staying in college, choosing majors, organizing a study routine, participating in preparatory courses, and interviews with contemporary Black scientists and professionals.
2024
Research project: Towards Healthier Information Ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean
From September 2023 to December 2024, I led a research project focused on learning from peers across the region about what it takes to build healthy information ecosystems. Available here.
Article: “Restoring information ecosystems through authentic human connections”
With Olivia Johnson for Branch Magazine.
2023
Free tech and data support to Black feminist organizers.
In 2023, I facilitated the provision of free tech and data support to Black feminist organisers, resulting in over 10 organisations benefiting from tailored tech guidance.
2022
Podcast: Black Brazilian women using digital technologies to fight for social justice
From 2022-2025, I hosted and produced a podcast interviewing Black Brazilian women about how we/they use digital technologies to fight for social justice.
2020
Study group on tech, gender and race with Minas Programam
The study group was a space for women (mostly women of colour) to discuss how digital technologies interact with structural oppression, such as racism. I wrote this reflection on some of our discussions.
2019
Research: How are digital technologies used by feminist movements and organisations in Brazil?
Research exploring how chatbots are utilised in the context of advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
2018
Research: A Brief Overview of Legal Abortion and Transparency in Brazil
As part of my work for ARTIGO 19, I was one of the lead researchers on a report on legal abortion and the right to information, which covers the lack of transparency around access to legal abortion in Brazil.
2015
Co-founding Instituto Minas Programam
I’m one of the co-founders of Minas Programam. Between 2015 and 2026, we created spaces for Black Brazilian girls/women to learn about technology from a feminist and anti-racist perspective.
Selected speaking engagements
“Intersectionality, Technology, Gender and Inequality in the Digital Age”
Amnesty Tech, Amsterdam, 2024.
Fórum Fale Sem Medo
Instituto Avon, São Paulo, 2021.
2026:
- Conecta Pretalab – Mulheres Negras e Tecnologia: Resistência em Territórios Digitais. Watch.
- “Making meaning: Feminist conversation on research as resistance, hope and transformation”. Feminist Internet Research Network.
2025:
- Perspectivas Feministas Sobre la Violencia de Género Facilitada por la Tecnología. Global Focus Digital Democracy Initiative.
- Unlearning Digital Defaults: Feminist Research and Reimaginings of Tech and TFGBV. Mozilla Festival.
2024:
- Sueños de una infraestructura colectiva para ecosistemas de información en América Latina.
- Tech-facilitated gender based violence against Black women in Brazil. Global Gathering.
2022:
- “Construindo pontes entre as comunidades de direitos digitais e defesa dos consumidores da América Latina”. IDEC
2021:
- Fórum Fale Sem Medo: Instituto Avon.
- Exploring intersectional partnerships between social justice and digital rights communities during the pandemic. RightsCon.