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Tabata Amaral
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Amaral in June 2023
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 |
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| Constituency | São Paulo |
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Tabata Claudia Amaral de Pontes
14 November 1993 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Political party | PSB (2021–present) |
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PDT (2018–2021) |
| Domestic partner | João Campos (2019–present) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BS) |
Tabata Claudia Amaral de Pontes (born November 14, 1993) is a Brazilian politician and someone who works to improve education. She is a federal deputy for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). This means she is an elected representative for the state of São Paulo in Brazil's national government.
Tabata Amaral has helped start two groups focused on education. One group, Vontade de Aprender Olímpica, helps Brazilian students get ready for international science competitions. The other, Movimento Mapa Educação, works to make sure everyone in Brazil has a fair chance at a good education. She also helped create Acredito, a group that supports new politicians who want to make positive changes in Brazil.
Before going to college, Tabata Amaral competed for Brazil in five international science contests. She later graduated from Harvard University. There, she studied how the universe works (astrophysics) and how governments work (political science). She also wrote articles for a radio station and a magazine.
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Early Life and Education
Tabata Amaral de Pontes grew up in a neighborhood called Vila Missionária in São Paulo, Brazil. Her mother worked in homes, and her father was a bus driver. She has a younger brother named Allan. Their family lived in a less wealthy part of the city.
Tabata went to public schools for her early education. When she was 12, she entered the Brazilian Public School Mathematics Olympiad. This is a big math competition for students. She won a silver medal on her first try in 2005.
The next year, she won a gold medal and did very well in school. Because of this, she received a full scholarship to Colégio ETAPA. This was a private school in São Paulo. She finished her high school studies there. In the years that followed, she represented Brazil in international competitions for chemistry, astronomy, and astrophysics.
After high school, Tabata Amaral chose to go to Harvard University in the United States. She had also been accepted by other famous universities. At Harvard, she wrote a major research paper about changes in education in Brazilian cities. This paper won awards. In 2016, she graduated from Harvard with high honors, studying government and astrophysics.
Activism for Change
After finishing college, Tabata Amaral went back to Brazil. She wanted to work as an activist to improve education.
In 2014, she helped start Movimento Mapa Educação (the Education Map Movement). She worked with Lígia Stocche and Renan Ferreirinha. This group asked young people across Brazil what their concerns were about education. Then, they asked politicians running for election in 2016 about these issues. They shared the politicians' answers widely online.
In 2017, Tabata Amaral also helped create Acredito (which means "I believe"). She started this group with Felipe Oriá and José Frederico Lyra Netto. Acredito helps young politicians who are running for office for the first time. The group especially focuses on helping more diverse people become federal deputies.
Political Journey
Becoming a Deputy
In the 2018 election, Tabata Amaral ran for a seat in Brazil's Congress. Her campaign mostly focused on improving education. She received a lot of votes in the state of São Paulo, getting 264,450 votes. This made her one of the top vote-getters. When she was first elected, she was part of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT).
As a Federal Deputy
Because of her background in education activism, Tabata Amaral became an important voice for education. She was known for speaking out about problems in the education system. She was even seen as partly responsible for the removal of the Minister of Education at the time.
As a deputy, she worked on the Education Commission. She also served on the Commission for the Defense of Women's Rights. For a time, she was a vice-leader for her party, the PDT.
Tabata Amaral voted to change Brazil's retirement system. This change would raise the age when people could retire. Her party, the PDT, was against this change. However, Tabata and eight other deputies from her party voted for it. She said the changes would be good for education in Brazil. Because she voted against her party, she was temporarily suspended. In September 2021, she announced that she had left the PDT. She then joined the PSB (Brazilian Socialist Party).
Personal Life
Since 2019, Tabata Amaral has been in a relationship with João Henrique Campos. He is also a member of the Socialist Party and is the current mayor of Recife.
Selected Honours
- BBC 100 inspiring and influential women (2019)
- Time 100 Next (2019)
See also
In Spanish: Tabata Amaral para niños
