I trained as a neurologist in Brazil and I work as a at the NHS speciality doctor in mental health and addictions in London. I did a MSc by research in Sleep Medicine at Edinburgh University. and a taught MSc in Medical Humanities at King's College London, to balance my creative interests with medicine. I am a published poet, a translator and I runs an independent international press, Carnaval Press (www.carnavalpress.com) with focus on Latin American poetry.