Denise Braz is Brazilian, from Minas Gerais. Currently, she is a doctoral student in the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, at The University of Texas at Austin. Her doctoral work focuses on the ancestral memories of Black families in Brazil, particularly from women’s perspective, as memory keepers. Braz completed her bachelor’s degree in literature in Brazil, where she was also a teacher. She also lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for seven years, where she earned a master’s in social anthropology from the Department of Philosophy and Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. Her thesis was titled, “The Black Social Movements of the City of Buenos Aires: Practices and Claims.” In Buenos Aires, Denise investigated Black history from the stories and perspectives of the Black people themselves, while also considering her own experience in the double role of researcher and activist. Braz is a progressive Black feminist, communist, singer, and activist for human rights and the rights of nature. Her interests include Latin America (especially Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil), race, gender, and social class, Black social movements, Black feminism, African Diaspora, decolonialism, and intersectionality.