Civil Engineer from the Federal University of Ouro Preto, with a master’s degree in civil engineering also from UFOP and specialization in the environment with an emphasis on water resources management. He has been an environmental analyst at the Mineiro Institute of Water Management – Igam since 2006, during which he has held positions such as environmental analyst, director of water, atmospheric, and soil resources inspection, superintendent of integrated environmental inspection, and deputy secretary of integrated environmental inspection at the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, chief of staff at Igam, and Director of Planning and Regulation at Igam. Currently, he is a university professor and General Director of Igam.