It’s an honor to be invited to represent with my work a person of such great strength and who is a symbol for a community, a city, and a whole country. And with this invitation I had the opportunity to learn more about her and her story, her political positions and her ideas, and I was even more taken by her. I would have liked to have known her personally and to have been her friend. In the piece, I tried to transmit this presence and this symbol that inspires other people, especially as a woman. The political symbol and taking a stand and cultural themes. In the mural there are small fragments that show Afro-Brazilian culture, our history, our background, our Afro-mythology and the idea of the quilombo and the favela as a new quilombo, where people escaped and are the resistance. And the place that feeds the city, the favela. Marielle understood this, and that’s why she respects the favela, and especially respects women who raise the favela. Marielle was well aware of this. The piece is a homage to women. There’s the moon, which is super connected to the body of the woman and their cycles. The piece talks about her positions, looking to the future, thinking about the present while being conscious of  the past.