Julio is a Sustainable Food Systems Analyst in the Forests, Land Use and Agriculture Program.

His work consists of providing technical and scientific inputs to projects related to sustainable food systems, family farming and forest landscape restoration, working especially at the interface between these themes.

Julio holds a B.S. in Geography from São Paulo State University's Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences. He is a graduate student in Sustainable Development and Extension at the University of Lavras.