Luciana Balbino da Silva, FICA-Bahia

Luciana began training capoeira Regional with Grupo Adabá, where she trained for a year. In 2002, she graduated from the Federal University of Bahia, majoring in the Artes Cênicas. In Salvador, she chose to study Capoeira Angola with Mestre Valmir and FICA to expand her cultural identity. In 2000, 2001, and 2003, Luciana traveled to France with a group of children capoeiristas as part of Les Enfants Ambassadeurs (The Children Ambassadors), discussing the state of children’s rights and public policy with youth from all over the world. Luciana considers her greatest social contributions are through capoeira and her socio-educational work done with Mestres Valmir and Cobrinha and FICA-Salvador.