14 Facts About Tabata Amaral

Tabata Amaral is currently a federal deputy for the Brazilian Socialist Party representing the state of Sao Paulo.

Tabata Amaral co-founded the political organisation Acredito, which provides funding for progressive candidates running for the first time in Brazil.

Tabata Amaral then graduated from Harvard University, with a degree in astrophysics and political science.

Tabata Amaral was a columnist for Radio CBN and Glamour magazine.

Tabata Amaral received her primary education in local public schools.

In 2014, Tabata Amaral co-founded the education advocacy organisation Movimento Mapa Educacao with Ligia Stocche and Renan Ferreirinha.

In 2017, Tabata Amaral co-founded the organisation Acredito with Felipe Oria and Jose Frederico Lyra Netto.

Tabata Amaral received the sixth highest vote total of any candidate in the state of Sao Paulo, with 264,450 votes.

Tabata Amaral served on the Education Commission, the Commission for the Defense of Women's Rights, and as an alternate member of the Science and Technology, Communication and Informatics Commission.

Tabata Amaral voted for reforming the Brazilian security system, which would raise the retirement age; this was a major policy of Jair Bolsonaro's government, and the PDT opposed the reform.

Tabata Amaral broke party lines together with 8 other deputies of the PDT to vote in favour of the reform, stating that the reforms would be beneficial for education in Brazil.

In July 2019, the magazines Veja and Exame revealed that Tabata Amaral hired her then-boyfriend, Daniel Alejandro Martinez, to work on her 2018 election campaign.

Tabata Amaral's team did not present the results of the services provided by Martinez.

Veja magazine asserted that it was hypocritical for Tabata Amaral to engage in this practice, since in a previous interview with the magazine she had taken the anti-corruption position that "renewal in politics is not about changing the name of things or the face in power, but a change of practices".