Carlos Conte Neto (São Paulo, Brazil, 1985) has a degree in Social Sciences (2009) from the Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas of the Universidade de São Paulo and a Masters in Portuguese Studies (2020) from the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, having received the Best Master 2019/20 distinction. Between 2007 and 2017, he taught basic (2nd and 3rd cycles) and secondary education in schools in São Paulo. He is currently doing a PhD in Portuguese Studies at NOVA FCSH, where he develops research on Portuguese fiction from the 1950s with funding from the FCT.