I was born in Florianópolis, in Santa Catarina. As a teenager, I lived in Canada and studied high school in Edmonton—an experience that quietly planted inside me a lifelong love for exploration and reinvention. Back in Brazil, I chose the safe path: I earned my law degree at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and spent over two decades building a solid career in the electric energy sector, including years at Engie Energia.
On paper, everything was right. But passion rarely asks for permission.
Beer entered my life quietly, as a simple hobby shared with friends in a homemade brewing space. Then one day, without warning, it stopped being a pastime and became a calling.
I walked away from stability to follow that voice. Soon after, a Belgian Blonde recipe I created won a major national  award with Eisenbahn—the first sign that I might truly belong in this brewing world.
That desire led me and a group of dreamers to build Armada Cervejeira, where experimentation, friendship, and passion shaped unforgettable beers and helped spread new styles across Brazil.
Opportunities followed, including becoming a partner at Unika, but what I really wanted was creative freedom. 
Still chasing that same spark, I later founded Cervejaria Bruxa and opened two bars—Entreposto Alves de Brito and Entreposto Spot—places where each glass poured carried a piece of my story.
Then the pandemic arrived, closing doors I had fought years to open. I returned, reluctantly, to law. But passion doesn’t disappear; it waits. And mine is still here, alive and restless, ready for its next chapter—one that brings together the two forces that have always guided me: the art of brewing and the country that first taught me to dream.