Maria Emanuelle Cardoso

Maria Emanuelle Cardoso was born in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on November 15, 2000. She is a biologist and a master’s student in Biodiversity and the Use of Natural Resources at UNIMONTES. Her research focuses on Ethnoecology, and she works as a popular educator and socio-environmental activist. Her debut book, amarelo mostarda, was published in 2024 by Editora Nauta. She has texts published in more than fifty anthologies in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. She was selected for the 2023 Clipe program at Casa das Rosas, received second place in the 2021 Poesia Agora Verão Prize from Editora Trevo, and is a semifinalist for the Prêmio Loba. Her second book, foram os peixes a inaugurar a linguagem, is forthcoming.