About Us

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We were founded in 2019 by five Black women attending graduate school at the University of São Paulo, Latin America's leading research university. Although Brazil is a majority-Black country and the second largest Black nation in the world, access to graduate school is largely restricted to White upper-class families.

To fight exclusion and promote academic diversity, we offer workshops directed at various aspects of the application process, as well as one-on-one mentorship and feedback on application materials. We also raise funds to support historically oppressed students in applying for and completing graduate school.

Itéramãxe is a Yoruba word for perseverance and re-existence. Our values are Social Justice, Belonging, Empowerment, and Accessibility. We are a product of this force.