Daughter and granddaughter of Quebradeiras de Coco Babaçu (Babaçu Nut Breakers) from Maranhão, Rita Simone Barbosa holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Communication (Journalism and Public Relations) and a teaching degree in Literature. She earned her Ph.D. in Education from the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) and a master’s degree in Communication and Culture from Ryerson University, Canada. Currently, she works as an
analyst at Sesc in Sergipe and coordinates Social Marketing for the Women’s Solidarity Network of Sergipe. As a documentarian, she creates participatory videos with Indigenous, Quilombola, and extractivist women, documenting Indigenous Buen Vivir (Sumak Kawsay), food sovereignty, nature, and traditional knowledge and practices. She is part of research groups such as the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Environmental Communication (UFS), the Studies and Research Group on Exclusion, Citizenship, and Human Rights (UFS), the AfroBrazilian and Indigenous Studies Center, and the Center for the Study of Difference Markers (USP), all certified by CNPQ.
