Ana Villas Boas

Ana Villas Boas lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. She holds Master’s Degree in Sociology, focusing on sociability, daily life, and urbanism and works as a sociologist, in the area of Urban Planning at the Municipality, and also as instructor of Kundalini Yoga.

Since 2011 she is a long distance runner and became an athlete as a child, as a swimmer, besides practicing triathlon, rowing, and canoeing. However, in addition to physical activity, she has a more comprehensive view and is interested in relating this activity to various themes: body movement, landscapes, sounds and silence. Her attitude is inspired by oriental philosophies, and is focused on a poetic sensibility of the paths and also the imaginary. Departuring from her own body abilities, mind, environment and sensations she is able to express thoughts and emotions on writing, and more recently, on translucid experience with drawing and painting.

Currently Ana seeks the synthesis of her studies and body practices by entering the Doctoral Program in Public Health at the University of São Paulo, through the key themes: acoustic health, embodiment and social inequalities in urban areas.

She also collaborates with the project by Antonella Radicchi and is Hush City App ambassador in São Paulo.