Born in São João del Rei, in the interior of Minas Gerais, Rafael is a screenwriter with a degree from UFMG. In 2021, he received the Fulbright New Voices scholarship to develop the screenplay Eu Roubei a Chuva por Amor, which won the Best Screenplay for a Feature Film at FRAPA 2022. The project was present in the FrapaLAB and Laboratório Novas Histórias labs and is currently part of Incubadora Paradiso 2023.