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Please allow me to introduce myself in this space I have created for us.
I am a Brazilian-born, underrepresented writer, psychotherapist with an interest in psychedelics, and climate activist. Writing serves as a form of therapy for me, offering insight into my inner turmoil, the complexities of those around me, and the ever-evolving world we inhabit. From a young age, I have used storytelling, poetry, and music as healing tools, addressing social injustices and ancestral traumas that have shaped my perspective. My indigenous heritage connects me deeply to the Amazon rainforest. The devastation of that ecosystem and the plight of its guardians cause me profound grief. Out of this sadness, Samauma and the Sacred Tree, an eco-romance, was born.
My connection to the Amazon stems from my mother, grandmother, aunts, and great-aunts and their ancestral Tupi-Guarani lineage. Although displaced and compelled to adapt to the world the colonisers imposed upon them, they never forgot their roots. It is their storytelling that has shaped me, and through witnessing their pain and struggle, a creative channel opened within me from a very young age. Imprinted in my mind and heart are images of my mother hard at work breaking up the tiny concrete yards with a sledgehammer at each of the houses we rented in São Paulo. With the concrete gone, she nurtured the soil and, in no time at all, created her own garden and felt closer to the Earth.
During our school holidays she would take us deep into the countryside of Minas Gerais, where her relatives still lived meagre lives as farm labourers. My mamãe came alive during her time in the countryside. She would take off her shoes, ground herself in the land, and help nurture and harvest the crops. There was where she was truly happy. At night, with no electricity, we sat outside stargazing, and I listened to their stories with my head full of wonder, while my heart broke as I learned about their brutal history. From her I developed a deep respect and love for my ancestry and for the wondrous Amazon.
Samauma came to me in a dream when I had just joined Extinction Rebellion and was learning about the climate crisis. The dreams kept coming, which I poured into my writing. Ayahuasca, the mother, has also been a compassionate guide. Communing with her has brought me many visions and a strong sense that I should not give up. Although the realisation that not many people will connect with Samauma and the Sacred Tree brings me confusion and pain, every time I commune with the Madre Ayahuasca, she  sends me visions that fill me with the courage to carry on.
So, here I am, welcoming you into this space in the hope that you will engage with the climate crisis. The danger the Amazon rainforest faces is urgent and multifaceted, a region reaching tipping points that could irreversibly alter global climate patterns. It is the most biodiverse area on the planet, and its survival is inseparable from the survival of the human species.
I trust that you will connect with  Samauma and the Sacred Tree, a heartbreaking story of love and loss, but above all, courage and hope.