In 2014, I teamed up with a girl whose desire to travel the world asking questions matched my own, and we founded DIVERGENTE. Here, I practise journalism and am responsible for curating the magazine’s image. As a reporter, I have directed and produced visual narratives, exploring new approaches in journalistic reporting and blurring the lines between journalism, design and documentary cinema. I am also a member of the board at Bagabaga Studios, the cooperative that owns DIVERGENTE. I am always wandering, whether in Europe, Africa, Asia or the Americas. If you don’t find me in the newsroom, I am probably enjoying the waves or the sands of an idyllic beach somewhere in the world—I am also a freelance photojournalist, specialized in marine sports.

I decided to be a journalist because I like it when people tell me stories. To hear them, let them steep and then decide what to do with them. I am the author of numerous investigative features that bridge journalism, documentaries and academia. In 2014, I co-founded DIVERGENTE, where I practise journalism and a thousand other things. I am also a member of the board at Bagabaga Studios, the cooperative that owns the magazine. In an act of healthy madness, I pursued a PhD in Post-Colonial Studies at the University of Coimbra. I have written books, which I love, but not as much as dancing. I’m from Baixa da Banheira, just south of Lisbon, and if you want to see me really happy, send me to Guinea-Bissau or Brazil.

My path to becoming a journalist started in my grandma Rosa’s backyard, in Baixa da Banheira. It was a space shared by five neighbours, but my favourites were Dona Clotilde and Ti Maria. They always had time for a quick chat. Curiosity fuelled my doubts and, free of any fear or embarrassment, I’d ask question after question. Afterwards, obviously, I’d write down all the stories in my green notebook with little bears on it. Over the last 17 years, I’ve gained experience in radio, television and digital media, and have been a journalist, producer and editor. In 2021, I joined DIVERGENTE. Here I practise data and investigative journalism, and I’m the co-author of documentary and multimedia features on social and human rights issues. And I also form part of the Bagabaga Studios management team.

My parents’ love story started divided by the gaping expanse of the Atlantic and after a number of years exchanging letters, and overcoming the distance, I was born—proud owner of a half Carioca, half “Porto-style” accent. From my family, I inherited a love of writing, which led me to journalism. Through journalism, I discovered a second passion, the language of film.
I started as an intern at DIVERGENTE in 2021. I was the “baby” of the group, and I let myself get swept up in the creativity of multimedia storytelling and production. Here, I work on the narrative construction of the features, data investigation and communications. I have a special interest in journalistic approaches to production and content editing for social media.

The new schoolbooks had arrived. I went through the whole lot before the school year had even started. One day I read about making a wall newspaper and I discovered I wanted to be a journalist. I started at the school newspaper Janela Aberta and the local radio station Dom Fuas; I interned and spent years at the Portuguese magazine VISÃO and co-founded the Fumaça podcast as a professional project. I came to DIVERGENTE in 2024. Here, I spend my time telling and editing stories. I have investigated subjects relating to the environment, the climate emergency, agriculture, work and social rights. When I took a break from journalism, I worked on the Rios Livres project at the environmental association, GEOTA. I have no children, nor have I written a book. But I have planted trees and co-authored the screenplay of a documentary—“The Palace of Citizens”.

I studied communication and arts at university, where I began organizing cultural events—an experience that marked the start of my professional journey. I get a thrill seeing ideas take shape and being actively involved in the process. I gained experience in cultural production across various artistic disciplines and formed part of the team at Doclisboa—International Film Festival, where I coordinated a programme of creative tutorials for directors with films under development. In 2024, I joined DIVERGENTE. Here, I manage our community and ensure that all our activities and events happen. I coordinate the fundraising that finances the journalism we do. In my free time, I disappear into origami, paper cutouts and collages, and I bring “Tamarindo”, a personal art project, to life.

My desire to ask questions and to share answers led me to media studies. Since then, I have passed through the newsrooms at Público, A Bola and Expresso. In 2001, I decided to become a freelance journalist, and I published features in a number of national and international media outlets. However, the truth is that, in between, I was also the editor at Focus and I even helped to found the Metro and I newspapers. My interest in science led me to write television scripts for programmes on the subject. I have worked with the DIVERGENTE team since it was founded, where I do the final proofread of the reports and newsletters. They tell me that I have an eagle eye for detail, but I know they’re exaggerating.

Graphic designer and musician.

I wasn’t quite a teenager and was one of the few people who had internet at home. A privilege that opened my eyes and helped me understand that I wanted to be a part of this new reality in the making. Before I knew it, I was a website designer. And when I really started to take it seriously, I realized I’d been doing it for 15 years. Somewhere along the way, I decided to be a freelancer. I had bored of the corporate world, the pointless obligations, the soulless commercial jobs. I struck out on my own in 2018, and fate led me to DIVERGENTE. Here, I do web programming for the big features, the magazine website and the newsletters. If it’s digital and it means you can interact with our work, I’m the one responsible.

Lisbon, 1985, with a degree in landscape architecture, and a doctorate in history. Farmer and writer. Fullstop.

Drawing is the tool I use to read the world around me—it’s been like that since I was a child. In the late 1960s, I moved to the industrial city of Barreiro (south of Lisbon), where the scale, the diversity of texture and colours contrasted with the memories I left behind in Albergaria dos Doze, Pombal (a village in the central region of Portugal). I am a visual artist and I dedicate myself to illustration, painting and sculpture. I develop my work through research into materials and layers, reinterpreting my surroundings, complexifying the plurality of identities in societies. I have collaborated with DIVERGENTE since 2014, where I have interpreted and illustrated for big features. Working from unfinished texts and proposals, I have been challenged from the very beginning to add, subtract and superimpose layers—contributing to the depth and complexity of the work.

Ever since I can remember, my parents had a videorecorder in their hands: recording special moments, walks, holidays. I caught the bug. That is how I spent my childhood and into adulthood, recording these moments or filming with friends to our favourite songs. I always thought I’d become a music video director—that didn’t happen—but my professional life revolves around theatre, dance, performance and music.
I’ve directed documentaries about popular songs and traditional dances and, together with the author Gonçalo M. Tavares, I’ve made various films about figures in the arts and humanities. I joined DIVERGENTE in 2023. Here, I do the image and sound editing, colour correction and anything else that falls under the audiovisual umbrella.

I’m from Barreiro (city south of Lisbon) and, just like this estuary-washed land, my banks are constantly shifting: architect, urban planner, photographer and university researcher. Over the last few years, I have spent my time observing and imagining the multiplicity of overlapping layers that constitute what we call territory. Through the photographic lens, pen and paper. I am motivated by evolving projects that shift ground under my constructed beliefs. Since 2014, DIVERGENTE has been a place to explore these concerns. Here, I work with photography and image curation. I am also a member of the Bagabaga Studios cooperative, and I put architecture into practice at the Traça atelier.