Professor and Doctor Alexandre da Silva, holds a doctorate in Public Health from the Faculdade de Saúde Pública - USP and is a member of the Racism and Healthcare Working Group from Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (ABRASCO); he is a member of the International Longevity Center (ILC - Brazil), a gerontology specialist trained at Unifesp and holds a master's degree in rehabilitation from Unifesp. He is currently an assistant professor at the department of Collective Health at the Faculdade de Medicina - Jundiaí and is also an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at Cruzeiro do Sul University.