DJ School

I co-founded Rocinha Media School, a free, non-profit media project located inside the Rocinha favela of Rio de Janeiro. RMS is a venue where favela residents who otherwise most likely could not participate in any media enrichment programming. RMS hosts the SPIN ROCINHA DJ program, which promotes free expression of music, including funk carioca. RMS and the SPIN ROCINHA program were co-founded in late 2010 in collaboration with DJ Zezinho, a local resident of Rocinha, who now independently runs the program. RMS encourages creativity and a sense of artistic play in an atmosphere in which participants of all ages and skill ranges— professional and amateur—interact and exchange musical and technological ideas and talents. RMS also welcomes international participants who flow through the program. The project was showcased at the Rio+20 United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, June 2012.