Filmmaker and indigenous leader of Aldeia Verde, Reserva Maxakali (Ladainha-MG, Brazil). In 2008 he founded with Suely Maxakali, in partnership with non-indigenous filmmakers, the non-governmental organization Pajé Filmes, a video producer responsible for editing and publicizing material filmed and directed by the actual Maxakali people. He is currently a city councilor of Ladainha and teaches at the Program for Transversal Learning in Traditional Knowledge of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).