Maria Aparecida
Maria Aparecida is curator at the Museu do Sexo das Putas (Whores’ Museum of Sex) in Belo Horizonte and vice president of Association of Prostitutes of Minas Gerais (Aprosmig). She is a social organizer, caregiver and popular educator, working with harm reduction and to ensure that sex workers can access the public policies. She has worked as a sex worker, nanny, caregiver for the elderly and in maintenance jobs.
As of July 2022