Josephine Bourgois is the executive director of Projeto Paradiso. Holding master's degrees in Literature from the Sorbonne (Paris) and Social Sciences from New York University (NYU), she has worked for over 18 years in the non-profit and cultural sectors in Brazil. She was the director of the Paraty International Literary Festival (Flip), founded Fabriqueta de Histórias — an innovative creative writing project — and previously worked at the São Paulo Municipal Secretariat of Culture.
