Katucha Bento is a decolonial educator, Black queer feminist, antiracist disruptor, and auntie. She currently serves as a Senior Lecturer in Race and Decolonial Studies and the Director of RACE.ED at the University of Edinburgh, as well as an Associate Editor of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. Her research explores Black traditional territories in Brazil, the Black diaspora, Queering cosmo-epistemologies, Afrofuturism, and digital and creative methodologies. She is a vegan foodie and a lover of music, dance, and poetry.