An indigenous person, he has worked with the Yanomami for 27 years through the CCPY (Pro-Yanomami Commission) and, since 2009, with the ISA. He lived in the Amazon for 15 years and speaks one of the Yanomami languages. He worked in the areas of indigenous school education, cultural strengthening, territorial protection, assistance to Yanomami associations, indigenous tourism and in the construction of the Yaripo Visitation Plan. He currently coordinates ISA's Rio Negro Program.