He is the co-founder of Estante Mágica, a social impact company that, for fifteen years, has already transformed over 2.5 million children into authors of their own books, operating in more than 10 thousand schools throughout Brazil and eight other countries. Father of Isadora and Helena (who became an Estante Mágica author at the age of six), he holds a Master’s degree in Urban Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, but his true passion lies in education. He is a member of the Lemann Foundation’s network of leaders, a TEDx Education speaker, and the latest winner of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Folha de São Paulo and the Schwab Foundation, in the Innovation for the 21st Century category.
