I transform nonfiction life stories into narratives that inspire. Today I'm a full-time writer, journalist, writing coach, and developmental editor - and a retired professor at the University of São Paulo. In everything I create and in everything I guide others to create, I distinguish myself through people-centered storytelling.I'm the author of 30 books and counting - spanning academic works, journalistic reportage, biographies, and travel narratives - and my ties to the United States are significant and deeply personal: I lived there, served as contributing editor of a worldwide trade publication for over two decades, and hold deep gratitude toward Ann Christine Iodice Hoskins, a Peace Corps volunteer from Watertown, Massachusetts, who transformed my life by teaching me English when I was a boy from a humble Brazilian family. My connection with Hispanic America is equally enduring, first expressed in my debut book, "Colômbia Espelho América 26" (Colombia Espejo América).That boy would go on to become a citizen of the world at age 17 - living in eight countries across four continents, including Costa Rica. This global experience forged in me a transcultural perspective and a rare ability to integrate knowledge from multiple traditions, an outlook that permeates both my work and my philosophy of writing as a tool for personal and social transformation. It also gave rise to my innovative Escrita Total (Total Writing) method, designed to unleash each person's spontaneous inner writer. The evolution of consciousness runs through my work as a universal theme.A PhD from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, Canada, I combine academic rigor with the sensitivity of someone who has always believed that every life, no matter how humble its origins, carries within it a story worth telling. As a writing coach, I guide other authors on their creative journeys - because for me, storytelling is never just an art. It is an act of transformation.