Mariana Lacerda, born in Recife, northeast Brazil, lives and works in São Paulo. She has a degree in journalism and a master's degree in History of Science from PUC/SP. Audiovisual artist, she invites the participation of others, both in the development and formalization of ideas. In recent years, she has dedicated her films to themes such as memory, the environment, the rights of nature, indigenous rights and Amerindian perspectivism. She is a fellow at the Research Institute for Sustainability - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS) scholarship program since November 2023, for the development of a film script entitled "Aña, constellation of Jararaca". The script is being developed with indigenous peoples of the Tiquié River, in the Rio Negro basin, in the Amazon, about how they relate and monitor events occurring in their territories with the appearance of constellations in the sky.