From Tisch School Class of '26, a writer with published journalistic articles and artistic compositions, João is also a passionate musician and a Global Citizen Year Academy Alumni. During his gap year, he joined the Scholar Launch Research Practicum program, studying "Mass Atrocities in the Fog of War," with Head Teaching Fellow Dr. Vladimir Petrovic. As for his research work, he wrote a paper on "Mass Repression in the Heart of Brazil: Facing the Brazilian Military Coup in Goiás," which was reviewed by an Editorial Board of accomplished professors and later published in the Scholarly Review Quarterly Issue of Fall 2021. Additionally, during his high school João co-founded the Constructive Revolutionary Changes Project, a non-profit organization that educates Brazilian youth and supports the democratization of knowledge. He describes music as his "mirrored heart," and one of his favorite quotes is: 'Sensitive people love music.' - from The Cremator film, 1969.

Why PS @ NYU?

As an interdisciplinary studies fan, PS is a tangle of simply all of my academic passions. While some may think it is confusing to love art, anthropology, psychology, activism, and writing all at once, I think it is fascinating to have a field of study where I can bring such different areas of study to analyze one primary thing: the human performance.