About Me

Hi there!

My name is Thais Amorim and I'm excited to be able to share a little of who I am, what I've done in the professional field and learned (a lot). I am the daughter of Viviane and Daniel, references of good values ​​such as honesty, courage, resilience and dedication, which guide me in my personal, professional and academic life.

I'm curious by nature, a lover of a good book and samba. Enthusiastic about human relationships and the positive transformations that can occur from them.

I was born in the city of Sobral, state of Ceará, Brazil. Sobral has approximately 210,711 inhabitants, is popularly known as "Princess of the North" and is a source of pride for its inhabitants.

In fact, Sobral occupies second place in the state ranking of municipal development and has been elected numerous times as the number 1 city in the country in education. Public management has invested heavily in the comprehensive training of students in the public education network through a partnership with the Ayrton Senna institute. This partnership aims to develop socio-emotional skills in the school environment, in order to positively and directly influence the reduction of violence rates and favor the achievement of various achievements throughout the student's life.

Furthermore, in 2021, the municipality of Sobral became part of the Urban95 Network, an international initiative by the Bernard Van Leer Foundation, which aims to include the perspective of babies, young children and their caregivers in urban planning, mobility strategies and in programs and services aimed at them. For these and other reasons, I am proud to be from Sobral and to currently be part of the public administration team in our municipality.

In 2016, I completed my degree in Law and from then on I began a professional journey attentive to the interpersonal conflicts that arose in my daily life as a lawyer.

As time went by, I realized that the law did not provide all the necessary elements to deal with subjective and complex conflicts, which encouraged me to look for other, more effective alternatives. Thus, I had the opportunity to learn about conflict mediation and the culture of peace. When listening carefully to people in the mediation sessions, I realized that these conflicts were due to a lack of ability to manage feelings and emotions. Furthermore, I realized that conflicts, if not effectively handled, can become an act of violence.

In 2021 I received an invitation to work at the Citizen Security Secretariat in my city and this is the place I work to this day. As a public servant who has the duty to think, structure and implement violence prevention projects, I feel encouraged to study the root of most conflicts: feelings.

I hope to soon have the opportunity to dedicate myself to studies and research related to socio-emotional skills, relating them to violence prevention, the school context and childhood.