PhD candidate linked to Faculty of Science and Tecnology, University from Sao Paulo (UNESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil. In the last years the researcher developed studies and interventions in the field of childhood and youth' protection. His papers and book chapters are related to sexual violence against children and adolescents, educative pratices and resilience processess in communities and groups exposed to social vulneralibiliies. In the second semester of 2013 worked in the Faculty of Education and Social Work of University of Sydney as a visiting scholar.